Aeschlen bei Oberdiessbach (officially known as Aeschlen) was a municipality in the district of Konolfingen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Aeschlen merged into the municipality of Oberdiessbach.
Aeschlen is first mentioned in 1303 as Eschlon.
Aeschlen had an area of . Of this area, 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.9% is forested. The rest of the land, (3.9%) is settled.
Aeschlen has a population (as of ) of . , 1.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -7.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.6%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0âÂÂ19 years old) make up 28.7% of the population, while adults (20âÂÂ64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12%. In Aeschlen about 64.4% of the population (between age 25âÂÂ64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Aeschlen has an unemployment rate of 1.3%. , there were 72 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 20 businesses involved in this sector. 13 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 30 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table: