Bern-Yellow Quarter
Yellow Quarters Statistical District of Bern |
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Coordinates | 600544 / 199 701 |
height | 496- 541 m |
surface | 0.1340 km² |
Residents | 878 (2019) |
Population density | 6552 inhabitants / km² |
Proportion of foreigners | 24.1% (2019) |
Unemployment rate | 0.5% (2016) |
BFS no. | 351004 |
Post Code | 3011, 3013 |
district | Inner City (Bern) |
The Yellow Quarter is a statistical district in the old town of Bern . This is geographically identical to District I, Inner City . Together with the Red Quarter , it forms the common Upper Old Town quarter . The Yellow Quarter extends from the Käfigturm to the Zytglogge .
The division and color names go back to the year 1798, when Napoleon's troops divided the city into differently colored quarters for better orientation because there were no street names or the majority of the soldiers were illiterate. That is why bilingual signs were made in the appropriate colors and these names and colors for signs are still used today.
In 2019 there are 1001 inhabitants, 666 of them Swiss and 212 foreigners.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interactive city map of the city of Bern (selection under "Topics")
- ↑ Bern's colored street signs. The clever solution on altstadt.be
- ↑ Resident population 2019 (PDF, 4.3 MB) City of Bern, March 2020, p. 14 , accessed on March 29, 2020 .
Web links
Commons : Gelbes Quartier (Bern) - Collection of images, videos and audio files