Jens BE

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BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Jensf .
Jens
Jens coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Zealandw
BFS no. : 0738i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 2565
Coordinates : 586 751  /  216 336 coordinates: 47 ° 5 '52 "  N , 7 ° 15' 51"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and eighty-six thousand seven hundred and fifty-one  /  two hundred and sixteen thousand three hundred thirty-six
Height : 437  m above sea level M.
Height range : 435–607 m above sea level M.
Area : 4.58  km²
Residents: 659 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 144 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.jens.ch
View of Jens, April 2016

View of Jens, April 2016
Location of the municipality
Bielersee Lobsigensee Murtensee Neuenburgersee Moossee Stausee Niederried Wohlensee Kanton Freiburg Kanton Neuenburg Kanton Solothurn Kanton Waadt Verwaltungskreis Berner Jura Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne Verwaltungskreis Emmental Aarberg Arch Bargen BE Brüttelen Büetigen Bühl BE Büren an der Aare Diessbach bei Büren Dotzigen Epsach Erlach BE Erlach BE Finsterhennen Gals Gampelen Grossaffoltern Hagneck Hermrigen Ins BE Jens BE Kallnach Kappelen BE Leuzigen Lüscherz Lyss Meienried Merzligen Müntschemier Oberwil bei Büren Radelfingen Rapperswil BE Rüti bei Büren Schüpfen Seedorf BE Siselen Studen BE Täuffelen Treiten Tschugg Vinelz Walperswil Wengi WorbenCard from Jens
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Jens (in local dialect Jäiss [ ˈjæi̯sˑ ]) is a village with its own community of residents and civic community in the Seeland administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern .

geography

The neighboring communities are Merzligen , Bellmund , Port , Aegerten , Studen (BE) , Worben and Kappelen .

history

The place name is first mentioned in 1228 as Iens . It probably goes back to the Latin juncta (s) 'connected', the Romanesque continuation of which can denote the confluence of two bodies of water, a fork in the road or a Juchart .

The village came to Bern in 1398 and, together with Worben, formed the Jens judicial district in the Landvogtei Nidau .

population

Jens is 96.1% a German-speaking community. The most widespread religion in Jens is Protestantism. In addition to members of free churches, some residents are Catholic or non-denominational.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 30.4%, BDP 21.3%, SP 15.0%, FDP 5.3%, EPP 4.3%, glp 4.2%, GPS 10.8 %, Pirates 1.4%, CVP 0.7%, DU 1.4%.

Personalities

gallery

  • Entrance to the village on the street of Studen

  • In the village

  • Old village scales in Jens

See also

Web links

Commons : Jens BE  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. ↑ a b Andres Kristol: Jens 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. 469
  3. ↑ Results of the Jens community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 17, 2020 .