City structure of the city of Bern

City districts and statistical districts of Bern

Bern consists of six city ​​districts , which are divided into a total of 32 statistical districts . Finer subdivisions are the common quarters and the less used small quarters. The term neighborhood is often used colloquially for the statistical districts.

The urban divisions of Bern

Statistics City of Bern as the responsible specialist department provides data on the city of Bern as a whole, but also on the various city ​​structures . The most important of these (with the number in brackets) are as follows:

• The districts (6) form the top subdivision. They divide the city of Bern into the inner city core and four districts surrounding this core (Länggasse-Felsenau, Mattenhof-Weissenbühl, Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde and Breitenrain-Lorraine). In the west lies the largest and most populous district of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen in terms of area, without borders with the inner city. The last change to the districts came into effect in early 2001. The statistical district of Beundenfeld was moved from district V to district IV

• Statistical districts (32) have existed in this form since 1960 and are the basis of many evaluations for the city administration. They are also often referred to colloquially as Bernese quarters . In the yearbook and other statistics, the statistical districts are usually the finest subdivision.

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• Common quarters (114) were created in cooperation with the district commissions of the city of Bern in 2011 in order to add a structure to the official administrative territorial division that depicts the city of Bern from the point of view of the neighborhood workers and residents (living environment perspective). The quarters should be relatively homogeneous and perceived as units. There are different degrees of differentiation in the individual districts. While there are 37 quarters in Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde, the more populous and larger Mattenhof-Weissenbühl has only 15, Breitenrain-Lorraine with twice the number of inhabitants even only 11. There are cases where the usual quarter and the statistical district are identical (e.g. B. Altenberg ), where they are named the same but not identical (e.g. Holligen ) or they are identical but are named differently (e.g. Weissenstein and Hardegg / Weissenstein). The quarter can be in several districts (e.g. Riedern ) or a common quarter can consist of several statistical districts (e.g. Upper Old Town ). The Länggasse as a common quarter lies in four statistical districts. One of them also bears the name Länggasse and includes three other common quarters in addition to the portion of the Länggass district. This not infrequently contributes to a lack of clarity, which is meant when naming names alone.

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• Small quarters (792) are the smallest units that were also revised in 2011. They serve as "pieces of the puzzle" with which all divisions can be created. This classification was refined during the revision in 2009/2010. For data protection reasons, however, statistical data are not published at this level.

• The school districts (6) are predominantly based on the districts with individual deviations. The inner city was divided into the 4 surrounding districts and Bümpliz (which Oberbottigen belongs to) and Bethlehem are differentiated from district VI. Each school district has three to four locations with kindergartens, primary and secondary levels. They form the school policy and school planning units.

• The district division of the monument preservation (12) forms the basis for the systematisation and representation of all buildings worthy of protection and worth preserving in the building inventory of the city of Bern, which was created in the 1980s and subjected to a general revision from 2013 to 2015. Buildings worthy of protection, buildings worthy of preservation, assemblies and structural groups as well as - without legally effective classification - noteworthy buildings and buildings after 1900 are listed in the building inventory

• The census quarters (292) were first used for the 1980 Federal Population and Housing Census . They are as homogeneous as possible and should include a maximum of 1000 people. On the occasion of the revision of the small quarters, this division was made small adjustments.

• Constituencies are defined as follows: For the National Council, Bernese members of the Council of States and the Government Council, the canton is a single constituency. In the Grand Council elections, the city of Bern forms one of 9 constituencies in the canton. There are 6 "counting circles" or "urn circles" for municipal elections and votes, which are identical to the districts (Bümpliz-Oberbottigen is called Bümpliz-Bethlehem).

• The postcode areas were determined according to the needs of the Post and are a separate structure. For example, peripheral areas also have postcodes for the surrounding area because delivery is made from there.

All population figures and related statistics within Bern are provided by Statistics City of Bern . They include all persons registered in the city of Bern by means of a certificate of origin , identity card or foreigner identity card (including secondary residence and non-permanent residents). This difference to the figures usually used by the BfS is justified by the fact that all people living here must be taken into account when planning the infrastructure of Bern.

Geographic information such as coordinates, heights, areas and various maps are provided by Geoinformation Stadt Bern .

Statistical parameters for the city districts and statistical districts

The following sortable table, as of the end of 2019, shows the size, number of inhabitants (total population), home and composition according to age and gender for city districts and statistical districts (ml: male; wl: female).

district	Extra district	BFS code	Area (ha)	Residents	... per km 2	ml% Switzerland	wl% Switzerland	ml% abroad	wl% abroad	Foreign share%	0–6 years%	7-15 years%	16–19 years%	20–64 years%	> 64 years%
District I inner city	Black quarters	351001	15th	1185	7900	47	53	53	47	14.1	6th	4th	2	73	15th
	White Quarter	351002	10	1001	10010	54	46	55	45	15.9	4th	2	1	73	20th
	Green quarter	351003	15th	1279	8527	56	44	57	43	23.4	3	1	1	79	16
	Yellow quarters	351004	13	878	6754	48	52	60	40	24.1	2	2	1	57	38
	Red quarter	351005	32	345	1078	50	50	50	50	33.3	3	2	1	80	14th
	total	x	84	4688	5581	51	49	56	44	20.3	4th	2	1	72	20th
District II Länggasse-Felsenau	Engeried	351006	67	1141	1703	44	56	56	44	17.4	8th	7th	1	61	23
	Felsenau	351007	309	3824	1238	48	52	50	50	18.9	7th	8th	3	67	15th
	Neufeld	351008	664	5429	818	45	55	54	46	17.2	6th	4th	2	76	12
	Länggasse	351009	30th	3227	10757	47	53	50	50	18.3	7th	4th	2	70	17th
	Stadtbach	351010	22nd	1791	8141	47	53	55	45	24.1	7th	6th	2	70	15th
	Muesmatt	351011	39	4349	11151	46	54	50	50	21.2	6th	6th	3	76	10
	total	x	1134	19761	1743	46	54	52	48	19.2	7th	6th	2	72	14th
District III Mattenhof-Weissenbühl	Holligen	351012	384	7227	1882	46	54	53	47	30.4	6th	5	2	75	12
	Weissenstein	351013	35	2340	6686	47	53	53	47	9.9	8th	16	4th	59	14th
	Mattenhof	351014	61	7009	11490	46	54	52	48	23.3	6th	5	2	78	9
	Monbijou	351015	52	3352	6446	49	51	51	49	22.6	6th	3	1	79	11
	Weissenbühl	351016	82	7246	8837	47	53	53	47	20.9	6th	5	2	74	12
	Sandrain	351017	84	4176	4971	47	53	54	46	21.9	7th	5	3	72	13
	total	x	693	31350	4524	47	53	53	47	23.1	6th	6th	2	74	12
District IV Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde	Kirchenfeld	351018	130	3862	2971	47	53	52	48	20.0	7th	9	3	63	17th
	Gryphenhübeli	351019	35	1859	5311	47	53	53	47	18.8	8th	10	3	65	15th
	Well veins	351020	132	4681	3546	44	56	52	48	18.6	7th	9	3	58	23
	Murifeld	351021	121	4890	4041	45	55	51	49	25.0	7th	9	4th	55	25th
	Schosshalde	351022	199	9003	4524	45	55	51	49	21.2	6th	8th	3	63	20th
	Beundenfeld	351023	230	2835	1233	46	54	52	48	17.7	7th	8th	3	64	18th
	total	x	844	27130	3214	46	54	52	48	20.7	7th	8th	3	61	21st
District V Breitenrain-Lorraine	Altenberg	351024	39	1398	3585	44	56	52	48	16.0	6th	6th	3	54	30th
	Hospital field	351025	68	7686	11303	47	53	56	44	15.2	7th	5	2	72	13
	Breitfeld	351026	165	6227	3774	46	54	51	49	20.5	6th	5	2	71	16
	Breitenrain	351027	44	6371	14480	47	53	50	50	21.0	7th	5	2	73	12
	Lorraine	351028	66	4024	6097	48	52	58	42	18.5	7th	7th	4th	70	12
	total	x	384	25706	6694	47	53	53	47	18.5	7th	6th	2	71	14th
District VI Bümpliz-Oberbottigen	Bümpliz	351029	295	16808	5698	46	54	51	49	33.5	7th	7th	3	61	21st
	Oberbottigen	351030	1282	1405	110	51	49	58	42	8.0	6th	11	3	60	20th
	Stockacker	351031	23	2089	9083	48	52	51	49	34.5	9	6th	3	66	16
	Bethlehem	351032	418	14341	3431	47	53	52	48	39.8	8th	8th	3	63	18th
	total	x	2023	34643	1712	47	53	52	48	35.1	7th	8th	3	62	20th
Bern	total	0351	5162	143278	2776	47	53	52	48	24.1	7th	6th	3	68	16

Overview of the city districts and the statistical districts

Bern city districts and statistical districts

Forecasts on urban and population development in Bern

Urban development concept (STEK) 2016

Forecasts for the development of the population were made for the urban development concept (STEK) 2016. With increased construction activity and the use of densification potential by 2030, growth of 12% from 140,000 in 2015 to 157,000 people is expected. The development of the individual districts is classified differently:

• In District I, the inner city, hardly any changes worth mentioning are expected.
• In the Länggasse-Felsenau, in district II, population increases are likely to be between 2020 and 2030. This is particularly in the course of the alleged residential construction activity in the four and middle field.
• The situation is different in District III, Mattenhof-Weissenbühl: The strong population growth of recent years is likely to gradually flatten out and turn into a slight population decline from around the mid-2020s.
• In district IV, Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde, strong residential construction activity is expected from the 2020s, which should lead to a marked increase in population.
• In the district of Breitenrain-Lorraine (V), too, more residential construction activity is expected than in previous years, namely in the years 2018 to 2020 and from 2025, which should lead to an increase in the population.
• District VI, Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, will remain the most populous district as before. In a high scenario in particular, most of the new living space is likely to be created here, on the one hand in the years 2016 to 2017, but then also from the mid-2020s. From this point of view - in the high scenario - a population of more than 40,000 people can be expected towards the end of the forecast horizon.

Population forecasts for the city of Bern up to 2050 (from 2019)

Statistics City of Bern published a prognosis for the population development until 2050 for Bern based on three scenarios. While the expected growth until 2050 is 25% for Switzerland and 16% for the canton of Bern (here until 2045), growth of 15% is expected for Bern in the high scenario, 14% in the medium scenario and 14% in the low scenario of 8%. It is therefore below the expectation for Switzerland and corresponds to growth in the canton in the high scenario, and below it in the medium and low scenarios.

Population forecast 2050: three scenarios for the city of Bern

year	Switzerland	Canton Bern	•	City of Bern: high	City of Bern: Medium	City of Bern: deep
2015	8,238,759	1,009,478	•	140,567	140,567	140,567
2020	8,676,062	1,046,462	•	145'052	144'435	143,759
2025	9,080,605	1,082,604	•	149,597	148,378	146'719
2030	9,467,377	1,116,845	•	153,713	152'119	149'462
2035	9,804,417	1,145,536	•	156,380	154,529	150,792
2040	10,013,978	1,163,110	•	158,346	156,314	151'400
2045	10,152,155	1,174,761	•	160,128	157,971	151,782
2050	10,261,534		•	161,894	159,648	152,045

The figures from 2015 correspond to the real population figures, from 2020 they are forecasts. The high scenario is based on the observable developments from 2013 to 2017, the medium scenario assumes a slightly reduced immigration of foreigners and the low scenario is also calculated without increasing life expectancy according to the FSO. The figures 2020 to 2050 for Switzerland and the canton correspond to the permanent resident population according to the reference scenario AR-00-2015 of the Federal Statistical Office . In the report there is a further differentiation according to age groups, gender, homeland and the six districts.

Web links

Commons : Urban structure of the city of Bern  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Population and urban development Historical development on bern.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City districts and statistical districts of Bern
2. ↑ ^{a b} Common quarters of the city of Bern
3. ↑ ^{a b} City map of the city of Bern with layer common quarters on map.bern.ch
4. ^ Portal Statistics City of Bern
5. ^ Statistical yearbooks of the city of Bern
6. ^ The spatial structures of the city of Bern: Small quarters and common quarters. Statistics services of the City of Bern at bern.ch
7. ^ The spatial organization of the city of Bern: Small quarters and common quarters on bern.ch
8. ^ Schools in the City of Bern with school districts and locations on bern.ch
9. ↑ Map of the school circles on map.bern.ch
10. ^ Quarters for the preservation of monuments of the city of Bern
11. ↑ Bauinverntar of the city of Bern on bauinventar.bern.ch
12. ↑ Assessment categories BBauinventar on bauinventra.ben.ch
13. ↑ Bern census districts on map.bern.ch
14. ↑ Constituencies of the State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern
15. ↑ Municipal elections on bern.ch
16. ↑ Interactive map of the city of Bern with common quarters and postcode areas , under "Administration, Settings this can also be linked to other subdivisions.
17. ↑ Statistics City of Bern, yearbooks with definitions, population figures yearbook 2019 p. 16
18. ↑ Raw geographic data for city districts, statistical districts and common quarters of Bern from August 2020
19. ↑ Geoinformatio Bern on bern.ch
20. ↑ T01.07.020 Population by home and age groups at the end of 2019 and T01.04.40 Population by gender and home at the end of 2019 Statistics City of Bern
21. ↑ Bern urban development concept, STEK 2016 on bern.ch
22. ↑ Statistics City of Bern: Population forecasts for the city of Bern 2050 , December 2019