Kienersrüti


Kienersrüti is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Kienersrüti merged into the municipality of Uttigen.
It was the third-smallest independent municipality in the canton. It is rural in character and its economy based mostly on farming. A regional popular saying names it "the one street lantern town".

Geography

Before the merger, Kienersrüti had a total area of. Of this area, or 87.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.7% is settled.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. 12.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 48.6% is used for growing crops and 35.1% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Demographics

Kienersrüti had a population of 52. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. All of the population speaks German.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SPS which received 30% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP, the local small left-wing parties and the Green Party.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 13.5% of the population, while adults make up 71.2% and seniors make up 15.4%. In Kienersrüti about 80.6% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Kienersrüti has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. No one is employed in the tertiary sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
176443
185091
1870108
190048
195079
200052