Leimiswil

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Leimiswil
Former municipality
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Leimiswil
Coordinates: 47°9′N7°46′E / 47.150°N 7.767°E / 47.150; 7.767
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Oberaargau
Area
 • Total
4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation
602 m (1,975 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2010)
 • Total
398
 • Density87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
4935
SFOS number 0330
ISO 3166 code CH-BE
Surrounded by Kleindietwil, Madiswil, Ochlenberg, Rütschelen, Ursenbach
Website www.leimiswil.ch
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Leimiswil is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of Madiswil. [1]

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Geography

Leimiswil has an area, as of 2009, of 4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi). Of this area, 3.51 km2 (1.36 sq mi) or 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads). [2]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. 17.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.8% is used for growing crops and 35.5% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. [2]

Demographics

Leimiswil has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 398. [3] As of 2007, 1.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.9%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.5%), the Small right-wing parties (10.4%) and the SPS (10.1%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59% and the seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Leimiswil about 69.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule ).

Leimiswil has an unemployment rate of 0.8%. As of 2005, there were 97 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 89 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 50 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 4 April 2011
  2. 1 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 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 29-May-2009
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