Kienersrüti
{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name = Kienersrüti
| municipality_type = former
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| canton = Bern
| iso-code-region = CH-BE
| district = Thun
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| postal_code = 3628
| municipality_code = 0871
| area = 0.8
| elevation = 579|elevation_description=
| population = 52 |populationof= Dec 2011
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| neighboring_municipalities= Kirchdorf, Noflen, Uetendorf, Uttigen
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Kienersrüti is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Kienersrüti merged into the municipality of Uttigen.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{in lang|de}} accessed 13 December 2014
It was the third-smallest independent municipality in the canton. It is rural in character and its economy based mostly on farming. A regional popular saying names it "the one street lantern town".
Geography
Before the merger, Kienersrüti had a total area of {{convert|.8|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. Of this area, {{convert|0.65|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 87.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.09|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 12.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.02|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads).[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. 12.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 48.6% is used for growing crops and 35.1% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Demographics
Kienersrüti had a population (as of 2011) of 52.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 21 January 2014 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. All of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SPS which received 30% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (29.3%), the local small left-wing parties (14.3%) and the Green Party (8.9%).
The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 13.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 71.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.4%. In Kienersrüti about 80.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Kienersrüti has an unemployment rate of 0%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. No one is employed in the tertiary sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:{{HDS|494|Kienersrüti}}
| class="wikitable" |
| year
! population |
|---|
| 1764
| 43 |
| 1850
| 91 |
| 1870
| 108 |
| 1900
| 48 |
| 1950
| 79 |
| 2000
| 52 |
References
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External links
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20041211091826/http://www.thun-west.ch/region/kienersrueti.htm (in German)
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