Lüscherz
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Lüscherz is a municipality
in the Seeland administrative district
in the canton
of Bern in Switzerland
.
(ca. 3700 to 2700 BC)
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. 44.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.4% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 6.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
Lüscherz is located on the right side of Lake Biel
and at the foot of Mt. Feiberg. It includes part of the Grosses Moos, a particularly productive area with nearly black soil in the Bernese Seeland
, and crosses the Hagneck Canal. It includes the village of Lüscherz and the hamlet
of Gurzelen.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP
which received 55.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS
(12.8%), the FDP
(9.5%) and the Green Party
(8.9%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.5%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lüscherz about 79.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
).
Lüscherz has an unemployment rate of 0.83%. , there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 22 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 68 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 14 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
(or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
UNESCO
World Heritage Site.
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 Seeland administrative district
Seeland (administrative district)
Seeland District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Seeland administrative region. It contains 46 municipalities with an area of and a population of 67,209....
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
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
History
Lüscherz is first mentioned in 1271 as Luschiers, however the area has been settled since at least the NeolithicNeolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
(ca. 3700 to 2700 BC)
Geography
Lüscherz has an area, , of 5.46 km² (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 2.42 km² (0.934367223793935 sq mi) or 44.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.5 km² (0.965255396481338 sq mi) or 45.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km² (0.162162906608865 sq mi) or 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acre) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km² (12.4 acre) or 0.9% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. 44.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.4% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 6.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
Lüscherz is located on the right side of Lake Biel
Lake Biel
Lake Biel or Lake Bienne is a lake in the west of Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies approximately at , at the language boundary between German & French speaking areas.The lake is 15 km long and up...
and at the foot of Mt. Feiberg. It includes part of the Grosses Moos, a particularly productive area with nearly black soil in the Bernese Seeland
Seeland (Switzerland)
Seeland is a region in Switzerland, at the foot of the first mountain range of the Jura Mountains containing the 3 lakes of Morat , Neuchâtel and Bienne . In previous aeras, it was the floodplain of the Aare and is thus swampy. After the huge hydrological works Jura water correction, the area...
, and crosses the Hagneck Canal. It includes the village of Lüscherz and the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Gurzelen.
Demographics
Lüscherz has a population (as of ) of . , 7.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 22.1%. Most of the population speaks German (94.3%), with French being second most common ( 3.7%) and English 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 55.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(12.8%), 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....
(9.5%) 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:...
(8.9%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.5%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lüscherz about 79.8% 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...
).
Lüscherz has an unemployment rate of 0.83%. , there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 22 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 68 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 14 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 227 |
| 1850 | 403 |
| 1900 | 365 |
| 1950 | 332 |
| 2000 | 492 |
World heritage site
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwellingStilt house
Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding, but also serve to keep out vermin...
(or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands...
UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
World Heritage Site.