Bollodingen
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Bollodingen |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Bollodingen COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Bollodingen Flag.svg |
| canton | Bern |
| iso-code-region | CH-BE |
| district | Oberaargau |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 3366 |
| municipality_code | 0974 |
| area | 2.0 |
| elevation | 476 |
| population | 205 |
| website | www.bollodingen.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Bettenhausen, Hermiswil, Oberönz, Ochlenberg, Steinhof (SO), Thörigen |
| :: |
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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.
Geography
Bollodingen has an area, , of 1.96 km2. Of this area, 1.18 km2 or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.59 km2 or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.18 km2 or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.
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.
The municipality is located in the Önz valley.
Demographics
Bollodingen has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 205. , 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 () 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 () 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%. , 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. The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 172 |
| 1850 | 274 |
| 1900 | 239 |
| 1950 | 236 |
| 2000 | 212 |
| :: |
References
References
- [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
- link. (2012-04-01 , online database – ''Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung'' {{in lang). de accessed 29 September
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (September 4, 2011 accessed 20-Jul-2009)
- {{HDS. 560. Bollodingen
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