Aeschlen bei Oberdiessbach (officially known as Aeschlen) was a

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in the district of

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in the

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. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Aeschlen merged into the municipality of

Oberdiessbach Oberdiessbach is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 ...

History

Aeschlen is first mentioned in 1303 as ''Eschlon''.

Geography

Aeschlen had an area of . Of this area, 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.9% is forested. The rest of the land, (3.9%) is settled.

Demographics

Aeschlen has a population (as of ) of . , 1.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -7.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.6%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12%. In Aeschlen about 64.4% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either University or a ''

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''). Aeschlen has an unemployment rate of 1.3%. , there were 72 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 20 businesses involved in this sector. 13 people are employed in the

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and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 30 people are employed in the

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, with 9 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 02-Jul-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aeschlen Bei Oberdiessbach Former municipalities of the canton of Bern Populated places disestablished in 2010