Bollodingen

Bollodingen
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Bollodingen
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Coordinates: 47°10′N7°43′E / 47.167°N 7.717°E / 47.167; 7.717
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Oberaargau
Area
• Total	1.92 km2 (0.74 sq mi)
Elevation	476 m (1,562 ft)
Population  (31 December 2010)
• Total	205
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3366
SFOS number	974
Surrounded by	Bettenhausen, Hermiswil, Oberönz, Ochlenberg, Steinhof (SO), Thörigen
Website	www.bollodingen.ch SFSO statistics

Bollodingen is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Bettenhausen.

History

Bollodingen is first mentioned in 1266 as Bolathingen. ^[1]

Geography

Bollodingen has an area, as of 2009 ^[update] , of 1.96 km² (0.76 sq mi). Of this area, 1.18 km² (0.46 sq mi) or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi) or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.18 km² (0.069 sq mi) or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes. ^[2]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. 30.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 18.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. ^[2]

The municipality is located in the Önz valley.

Demographics

Bollodingen has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 205. ^[3] As of 2007 ^[update] , 3.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ^[update] ) speaks German (98.6%), with French being second most common ( 0.9%) and English being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the FDP (9.2%) and the local small left-wing parties (8.2%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000 ^[update] ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bollodingen about 84.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule ).

Bollodingen has an unemployment rate of 0.93%. As of 2005 ^[update] , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 36 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 5 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector. ^[4] The historical population is given in the following table: ^[1]

year	population
1764	172
1850	274
1900	239
1950	236
2000	212

References

1. Bollodingen in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
2. Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
3. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine , online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung(in German) accessed 29 September
4. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived September 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine accessed 20-Jul-2009

External links

• Bollodingen in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .