Gündlischwand 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 Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district

Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district)

Interlaken-Oberhasli District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Oberland administrative region. It contains 29 municipalities with an area of and a population of 48,763....

 in the canton

Cantons of Switzerland

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 of Bern in Switzerland

Switzerland

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Geography

Gündlischwand has an area, , of 16.89 km² (6.5 sq mi). Of this area, 5.47 km² (2.1 sq mi) or 32.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.73 km² (2.6 sq mi) or 39.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km² (0.10810860440591 sq mi) or 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2 km² (0.077220431718507 sq mi) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 4.2 km² (1.6 sq mi) or 24.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. 35.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.1% is pastures and 29.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 8.9% is unproductive vegetation and 15.9% is too rocky for vegetation.

Gündlischwand lies in the Bernese Oberland

Bernese Oberland

The Bernese Oberland is the higher part of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the southern end of the canton: The area around Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, and the valleys of the Bernese Alps .The flag of the Bernese Oberland consists of a black eagle in a gold field The Bernese Oberland (Bernese...

 in the Alps

Alps

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 on the Black Lütschine

Lütschine

The Lütschine is a river in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.It flows from Zweilütschinen, where its two tributaries join, on a length of 8.6 km through the Bödeli and into Lake Brienz at Bönigen....

. The Sägis Valley is located in the municipality, with a small lake and the mountain Sägissa (2465 m (8,087.3 ft)).

Along with eight other municipalities, Gündlischwand belongs to the church parish of Gsteig bei Interlaken.

Demographics

Gündlischwand has a population (as of ) of . , 4.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -11.7%. Most of the population speaks German (96.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.5%) and English being third ( 1.1%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP

Swiss People's Party

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 which received 58.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

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 (11%), the Green Party

Green Party of Switzerland

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 (10.3%) and the FDP

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

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 (8.5%).

The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.2%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gündlischwand about 76.3% 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

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).

Gündlischwand has an unemployment rate of 2%. , there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 130 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 11 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1764	123
1850	335
1888	279
1900	321
1950	308
2000	263