Gurbrü is a municipality

Municipalities of Switzerland

Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...

 in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district

Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)

Bern-Mittelland District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Bern-Mittelland administrative region, and is the only district in the region...

 in the canton

Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 of Bern in Switzerland

Switzerland

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Geography

Gurbrü has an area, , of 1.84 km² (0.710427971810264 sq mi). Of this area, 1.3 km² (0.501932806170296 sq mi) or 70.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.18 km² (0.0694983885466563 sq mi) or 9.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.35 km² (0.135135755507387 sq mi) or 19.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.4%. 8.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 54.3% is used for growing crops and 13.6% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Gurbrü lies in the Swiss plateau

Swiss plateau

The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau constitutes one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland alongside the Jura mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of the Swiss surface...

 on the edge of the Grosses Moos. It includes the village of Gurbrü and the hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 of Stämpflerei. Stämpflerei, until 1854, belonged to Ried bei Kerzers

Ried bei Kerzers

Ried bei Kerzers is a municipality in the district of See, within the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.On 1 January 2006, Ried bei Kerzers incorporated the neighbouring municipality of Agriswil.-External links:*...

 in the Canton of Fribourg

Canton of Fribourg

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Gurbrü lies on the A13

A13 (Switzerland)

The A13 is a motorway, at times an Autostrasse , which runs from St. Margrethen in northeastern Switzerland through to Ascona in southern Switzerland, crossing the main chain of the Alps in the Grisons area. It is the southern half of European route E43.- Construction :The A13 started life as a...

; however there is not an on-ramp in the municipality. The Kerzers–Gümmenen railroad runs through Gurbrü; however, the nearest station is in Ferenbalm

Ferenbalm

Ferenbalm is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Ferenbalm is first mentioned in 1123 as villa de Balmis. Since the 16th Century it was called Feren-Balm to differenate it from Oberbalm.-Geography:Ferenbalm has an area, , of...

. From Ferenbalm it is possible, via Bern Flamatt or Bern Bümplitz, to get to Bern. Normally travellers are recommended to use the good railway connections in four directions from Kerzers

Kerzers

Kerzers is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its French name is Chiètres.-External links:*...

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From 1963–1981 there was a land improvement program to enlarge the land parcels used in agriculture.

Demographics

Gurbrü has a population (as of ) of . , 14.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.1%. Most of the population speaks German (97.1%), with French being second most common (2.1%) and Portuguese being third (0.8%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP

Swiss People's Party

The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...

 which received 54.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....

 (14%), the SPS

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....

 (12.7%) and the Green Party

Green Party of Switzerland

The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...

 (6.6%).

The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gurbrü about 78.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule

Fachhochschule

A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...

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Gurbrü has an unemployment rate of 1.03%. , there were 65 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people are employed in the secondary sector and 1 business in this sector. 12 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1764	135
1850	277
1900	229
1950	247
2000	238
2004	247

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