Aegerten

Aegerten ( in local dialect: [ æg̊əɾtə / æg̊əɾd̥ə ] ) is a municipality in the administrative district of Biel / Bienne Canton of Berne in Switzerland. In addition to the community of civic community is also under this name.

Name

The name shall be seen for the first time in 1214 as a designation of origin Rodulfus de Egedun and has multiple functions Egerdon later in the form. It involves the dative singular of MHG egerde / lokativisch used egerte, fallow land, land unsuitable for Ackerbaue '.

Geography

The neighboring communities are students, Jens, Port, Brugg and Schwadernau. With Brugg, students and Schwadernau Aegerten is grown together.

Population

Aegerten is 90.92 % to a German -speaking congregation. 4.21% are French.

Policy

Mayor Stefan Krattiger (as of 2010 ). Since about 2004 Aegerten together with the neighboring village of Brugg in merger investigations. In 2011, to decide whether the project will be pursued. The following political parties are active in village politics: Local Association ( Civic Party ) and SP- Aegerten with free voters (center / left ). The voting behavior of citizens is influenced mostly bourgeois, yet Aegerten has a center / left government.

The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 31.4 %, SP 23.9 %, 18.5 % BDP, FDP 7.9 %, 4.8 % GPS, glp 4.0 %, 3.2 % EPP, EDU 2.3 %, CVP 1.3 %.

Pictures

Half-timbered house in the town center

Goldhubel

Attractions

Sports

In Aegerten several sports clubs are located, including street hockey club SHC Aegerten -Biel as well as the football club SC Aegerten - Brugg.

Biel/Bienne (administrative district) Municipalities of Switzerland Bürgergemeinde Locative case Jens, Switzerland Port, Switzerland Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Bellmund Ipsach Evilard Meinisberg Nidau Pieterlen Safnern Scheuren Madretsch Twann Municipalities of the canton of Bern

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