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==Geography==
==Geography==
Hasliberg has an area of {{km2 to mi2|41.7|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>
Hasliberg has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{km2 to mi2|41.74|abbr=on}}. Of this area, {{km2 to mi2|21.93|abbr=on}} or 52.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{km2 to mi2|13.41|abbr=on}} or 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{km2 to mi2|1.35|abbr=on}} or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads), {{km2 to mi2|0.31|abbr=on}} or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and {{km2 to mi2|4.69|abbr=on}} or 11.2% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[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 {{de icon}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. 27.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.3% is pastures and 39.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 7.0% is unproductive vegetation and 4.2% is too rocky for vegetation.<ref name=BFS_land/>


The four villages on this terrace are Hohfluh, Wasserwendi, Goldern and Reuti. They can be reached by road from the [[Brünig-Hasliberg]] pass and train station. The name is from [[Old High German|OHG]] ''hasal'' "[[hazel]]".
The four villages on this terrace are Hohfluh, Wasserwendi, Goldern and Reuti. They can be reached by road from the [[Brünig-Hasliberg]] pass and train station. The name is from [[Old High German|OHG]] ''hasal'' "[[hazel]]".

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Hasliberg
Coat of arms of Hasliberg
Location of Hasliberg
Map
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictInterlaken-Oberhasli
Area
 • Total41.7 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Elevation
(Goldern)
1,082 m (3,550 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total1,164
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6083-6086
SFOS number0783
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
LocalitiesHohfluh, Wasserwendi, Goldern, Reuti
Surrounded byInnertkirchen, Kerns (OW), Lungern (OW), Meiringen
Websitewww.hasliberg.ch
SFSO statistics

Hasliberg is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Hasliberg is first mentioned in 1358 as Hasle an dem berge. After 1834 it was known as Gem Hasleberg. Since 1923 the spelling has been Hasliberg.[3]

Geography

Hasliberg has an area, as of 2009, of Template:Km2 to mi2. Of this area, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 52.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while Template:Km2 to mi2 or 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads), Template:Km2 to mi2 or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and Template:Km2 to mi2 or 11.2% is unproductive land.[4]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. 27.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.3% is pastures and 39.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 7.0% is unproductive vegetation and 4.2% is too rocky for vegetation.[4]

The four villages on this terrace are Hohfluh, Wasserwendi, Goldern and Reuti. They can be reached by road from the Brünig-Hasliberg pass and train station. The name is from OHG hasal "hazel".

Demographics

Hasliberg has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,158.[5] As of 2007, 13.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (89.8%), with English being second most common ( 3.5%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.4%), the Green Party (10.4%) and the FDP (7.7%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.9%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Hasliberg about 65.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Hasliberg has an unemployment rate of 1.01%. As of 2005, there were 166 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 68 businesses involved in this sector. 53 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 13 businesses in this sector. 478 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 49 businesses in this sector.[6] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
1764 693
1850 1,309
1900 1,037
1950 1,044
2000 1,276

Tourism

It has become a popular destination for winter sports, as gondola lifts run from Meiringen through Reuti to Planplatten (at over 2200 meters elevation), as well as from Wasserwendi to Käserstatt. An international boarding school, the Ecole d'Humanité, is located in Goldern.

References

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Hasliberg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:De icon accessed 25 March 2010
  5. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 10-Jul-2009