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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name		= Scheunen
| image_photo  = 2011-04-17 Balonveturo (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 164.JPG
| image_caption  = Aerial view of Scheunen village
| municipality_type	= former
| imagepath_coa	= Scheunen-coat of arms.svg
| canton		= Bern
| iso-code-region 	= CH-BE
| district		= [[Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)|Bern-Mittelland]]
|coordinates = {{coord|47|4|N|7|27|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code		= 3305
| municipality_code	= 0550
| area			= 2.2
| elevation		= 575|elevation_description=
| population		= 82 | populationof = Dec 2011 | popofyear = 2011
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| neighboring_municipalities= [[Bangerten]], [[Brunnenthal, Switzerland|Brunnenthal]] (SO), [[Etzelkofen]], [[Iffwil]], [[Messen]] (SO), [[Rapperswil, Bern|Rapperswil]]
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'''Scheunen''' is a former [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)|Bern-Mittelland administrative district]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Bern (canton)|Bern]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Scheunen and [[Münchringen]] merged into the municipality of [[Jegenstorf]].<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113231755/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html |date=2015-11-13 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 13 December 2014</ref>
==History==
Scheunen is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Schunon''.<ref name=HDS/>
The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are [[Hallstatt culture|Hallstatt era]] [[tumuli|grave mounds]] at Steinholz and Junkholz. During the [[Early Middle Ages]] the grave mounds were used as a cemetery again. The settlements that today make up Scheunen were originally the two independent villages of Oberscheunen and Jegenstorf-Scheunen. They were part of the [[parish]]es of Jegenstorf and Messen-Scheunen. After 1530 they both joined the new [[Protestant Reformation|Reformed]] parish of Messen in the [[Canton of Solothurn]]. They two villages formed a school district in 1795. However, they both remained politically independent until they were merged by decree in 1911. Starting in 2007, the municipal clerk in Iffwil assumed responsibility for Scheunen.<ref name=HDS/>
They were both originally part of the [[Counts of Kyburg|Kyburg]] [[High, middle and low justice|low court]] of Jegenstorf. After the extinction of the Kyburg family in 1406, Bern acquired the villages and placed them under the court at [[Zollikofen]]. After the 1803 [[Act of Mediation]] they became part of the district of Fraubrunnen.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography==
[[File:2011-04-17 Balonveturo (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 168.JPG|thumb|Aerial view of Scheunen village.]]
Before the merger, Scheunen had a total area of {{convert|2.2|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=SFSO/> Of this area, {{convert|1|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 45.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|1.12|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 51.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.07|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads).<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 3.7% is pastures.<ref name=BFS_land/>
Formerly the smallest Bernese municipality, it is located on the Rapperswil plateau. It consists of the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Scheunen and Oberscheunen.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Fraubrunnen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.<ref name=Mutation />
==Coat of arms==
The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Per fess Or and Gules two Barns in pale counterchanged.'' The barns ({{langx|de|Scheunen}}) makes this an excellent example of [[canting arms]].<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-be140.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 15-February-2013</ref>
==Demographics==
Scheunen had a population (as of 2011) of 82.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 22 January 2014</ref> {{as of|2010}}, 4.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=BE_Stat>[http://www.fin.be.ch/de/index/finanzen/finanzen/publikationen/wohnbevoelkerung.html Statistical office of the Canton of Bern] {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 January 2012</ref> Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 30%. Migration accounted for 21.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 10%.<ref name=SFSO />
All of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] as their first language.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2008}}, the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population was made up of 36 Swiss men (44.4% of the population) and 4 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 41 Swiss women (50.6%) and (0.0%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=BE_Stat/> Of the population in the municipality, 26 or about 45.6% were born in Scheunen and lived there in 2000. There were 24 or 42.1% who were born in the same canton, while 5 or 8.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and or 0.0% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2010}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.6%.<ref name=SFSO/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 24 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 29 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 1 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2013-08-09 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 6 households that consist of only one person and 1 households with five or more people. {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 22 apartments (84.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (11.5%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2011|alt=in 2011}}, was 7.41%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|311|Scheunen}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30}} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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==Politics==
In the [[2011 Swiss federal election|2011 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP)]] which received 80.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party (BDP)]] (13.6%), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (2.1%) and the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP)]] (1.2%). In the federal election, a total of 37 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 64.9%.<ref name=election_2011>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114214422/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html |date=2013-11-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 May 2012</ref>
==Economy==
{{as of|2011|In 2011}}, Scheunen had an unemployment rate of 0%. {{as of|2008}}, there were a total of 33 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 18 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 5 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 1 business in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 35 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.7% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} there were a total of 24 [[full-time equivalent]] jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 13, all in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 7 of which 4 or (57.1%) were in manufacturing and 3 (42.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4, all of which were technical professionals or scientists.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25}} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 23 workers who commuted away from the municipality.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 8.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.3% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 54 or 94.7% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]] while there was one person who was [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education==
In Scheunen about 18 or (31.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 10 or (17.5%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 10 who completed tertiary schooling, 6 were Swiss men and 4 were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
During the 2010-11 school year, there were no students attending school in Scheunen.<ref name=School>[http://www.erz.be.ch/erz/de/index/direktion/organisation/generalsekretariat/statistik/schul-_und_gemeindetabellen.html Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf document]{{in lang|de}} accessed 4 January 2012</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 6 students from Scheunen who attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
==References==
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[[Category:Former municipalities of the canton of Bern]]
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