Crémines

Crémines
Crémines
Country Switzerland Coat of Arms of Crémines
Canton Bern
District Jura bernois
47°17′N 7°26.5′E / 47.283°N 7.4417°E / 47.283; 7.4417Coordinates: 47°17′N 7°26.5′E / 47.283°N 7.4417°E / 47.283; 7.4417
Population 530 (Dec 2010)[1]
- Density 57 /km2 (147 /sq mi)
Area  9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi)[2]
Elevation 616 m (2,021 ft)
Postal code 2746
SFOS number 0691
Surrounded by Grandval, Corcelles, Vermes (JU), Rebeuvelier (JU), Gänsbrunnen (SO)
Website www.cremines.ch
SFSO statistics
Crémines is located in Switzerland
{{{alt}}}
Crémines

Crémines is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).

Old school of Crémines

Contents

History

Crémines is first mentioned in 1461 as Crimene.[3]

Geography

Crémines has an area, as of 2009, of 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi). Of this area, 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) or 42.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.97 km2 (1.92 sq mi) or 52.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.[4]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. 44.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.6% is used for growing crops and 15.1% is pastures and 18.2% is used for alpine pastures.[4]

The municipality includes the village of Crémines in the Grand Val (valley of Moutier), and some scattered farmhouses on Mont Raimeux, which has only been accessible by road since 1859.

Demographics

Crémines has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 530.[1] As of 2007, 6.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (80.4%), with German being second most common (14.0%) and Spanish being third (1.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SPS which received 37.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.1%), the FDP (15.6%) and the Green Party (6.3%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 23.2%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Crémines about 66.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Crémines has an unemployment rate of 1.6%. As of 2005, there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 108 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 9 businesses in this sector. 86 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector.[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
1755 252
1850 297
1900 383
1950 497
2000 557

Notable persons from Crémines

References

  1. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 September
  2. ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  3. ^ a b Crémines in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
  5. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 07-Jul-2009

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cremines — Crémines Basisdaten Kanton: Bern Amtsbezirk: Moutier …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crémines — Basisdaten Staat: Schweiz Kanton …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crémines — Une vue d ensemble de la commune serait la bienvenue Administration Pays Suisse Canton Berne …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cremines — Crémines Crémines Une vue d ensemble de la commune serait la bienvenue Administration Pays Suisse Canton …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Crémines — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Crémines Escudo …   Wikipedia Español

  • Crémines — Crémines, es una localidad suiza (Europa) del cantón de Berna, está situada en el distrito de Moutier, uno de los tres distritos francófonos del cantón de Berna que forman la región del Jura bernés …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Corcelles (BE) — BE dient als Kürzel für den Schweizer Kanton Bern und wird verwendet, um Verwechslungen mit anderen Einträgen des Namens Corcelles zu vermeiden. Corcelles …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Granfelden — BE dient als Kürzel für den Schweizer Kanton Bern und wird verwendet, um Verwechslungen mit anderen Einträgen des Namens Grandval zu vermeiden. Grandval …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Münster BE — Moutier Basisdaten Kanton: Bern Amtsbezirk: Moutier …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der Bahnhöfe in der Schweiz — Diese Liste behandelt die Bahnhöfe, Stationen und Haltestellen von Eisenbahnen in der Schweiz. Allein die SBB hat aktuell etwas mehr als 600 Stationen, Haltestellen nicht eingerechnet. Die schmalspurigen Privatbahnen haben in der Regel ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”