Inkwil

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subject_nameInkwil
municipality_typemunicipality
imagepath_coaCHE Inkwil COA.svg
imagepath_flagCHE Inkwil Flag.svg
cantonBern
iso-code-regionCH-BE
districtOberaargau
coordinates
postal_code3375
municipality_code0980
area3.4
elevation464
population
websitewww.inkwil.ch
mayor
mayor_title
neighboring_municipalitiesBolken (SO), Niederönz, Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee, Subingen (SO), Wangenried
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Inkwil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Inkwil is first mentioned in 1262 as Inchwile.

Geography

Inkwil has an area, , of 3.36 km2. Of this area, 1.65 km2 or 49.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.21 km2 or 36.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.44 km2 or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km2 or 0.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. 35.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 37.5% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

It is divided into three sections; Dorf, Vorstatt and Station.

Demographics

Inkwil has a population (as of ) of . , 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.0%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (29.8%), the FDP (13.7%) and the CSP (5.4%).

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15%. About 82.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Inkwil has an unemployment rate of 1.64%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 69 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 20 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]

yearpopulation
1764154
1850420
1900442
1950507
2000654
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Heritage sites of national significance

It is home to the Inkwilersee Insel prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

References

References

  1. [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
  2. [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (2016-01-05 accessed 21-Jul-2009)
  3. {{HDS. 566. Inkwil
  4. [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]

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