Bellmund

Bellmund
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Biel / Bienne
BFS no. :	0732
Postal code :	2564
Coordinates :	585 406  /  217579 coordinates: 47 ° 6 '33 "  N , 7 ° 14' 47"  O ; CH1903:  585 406  /  217579
Height :	504  m above sea level M.
Height range :	431–611 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.79  km²
Residents:	1689 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	446 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Matthias Gygax ( FDP )
Website:	www.bellmund.ch
Bellmund seen from the Jura
Location of the municipality

Bellmund (in local dialect treeing [ ˌb̥æumʊŋ ]; French Belmont ) is a village and a political municipality in the administrative district of Biel / Bienne in the Swiss canton of Bern .

geography

Bellmund lies on a terrace between the Jäissberg or Jensberg and the Oberholz south of Biel / Bienne . The neighboring communities starting from the north and clockwise are Port , Jens , Merzligen , Hermigene , Sutz-Lattrigen and Ipsach .

history

The first traces of settlement date from Roman times, a medieval fortification, called the Chnebelburg , is located on top of the Jäissberg . Recently, foundations of a church were found on the Hohlenweg, hence the abbot's staff in the coat of arms. In 1107 the priory of the monastery of Cluny apud Bellum Montem was extended, but then moved to St. Petersinsel before 1127 .

population

The agglomeration community has 1689 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) and is 89.93% German-speaking. 6.5% of the population are French-speaking.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the National Council elections in 2015 were: SVP 28.4%, FDP 19.4%, BDP 15.4%, SP 14.5%, glp 7.1%, GPS 5.5%, EPP 3.7 %, CVP 2.0%, EDU 1.5%, pirates 1.3%.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bellmund

literature

• Christoph Zürcher (Red.): Bellmund. Our church . Bellmund 1992

Web links

Commons : Bellmund  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Bellmund
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Bellmund. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
2. ↑ Andres Kristol: Bellmund BE (Nidau) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 136f.
3. ↑ Elections 2015: Results of the Bellmund community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 22, 2016