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Former municipality of Switzerland
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Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Thun
Area
• Total	0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Elevation	579 m (1,900 ft)
Population  (Dec 2011)
• Total	52
• Density	65/km2 (168/sq mi)
Postal code	3628
Surrounded by	Kirchdorf, Noflen, Uetendorf, Uttigen

Kienersrüti is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Kienersrüti merged into the municipality of Uttigen.

It was the third-smallest independent municipality in the canton. It is rural in character and its economy based mostly on farming. A regional popular saying names it "the one street lantern town".

Geography

Before the merger, Kienersrüti had a total area of .8 km² (0.31 sq mi). Of this area, 0.65 km² (0.25 sq mi) or 87.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.09 km² (22 acres) or 12.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. 12.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 48.6% is used for growing crops and 35.1% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Demographics

Kienersrüti had a population (as of 2011) of 52. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. All of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German.

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SPS which received 30% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (29.3%), the local small left-wing parties (14.3%) and the Green Party (8.9%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 13.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 71.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.4%. In Kienersrüti about 80.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Kienersrüti has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005^[update], there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. No one is employed in the tertiary sector. The historical population is given in the following table: