Leimiswil
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Leimiswil |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Leimiswil COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Leimiswil Flag.svg |
| canton | Bern |
| iso-code-region | CH-BE |
| district | Oberaargau |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 4935 |
| municipality_code | 0330 |
| area | 4.6 |
| elevation | 602 |
| population | 398 |
| website | www.leimiswil.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Kleindietwil, Madiswil, Ochlenberg, Rütschelen, Ursenbach |
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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.
Geography
Leimiswil has an area, , of 4.65 km2. Of this area, 3.51 km2 or 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.87 km2 or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads).
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.
Demographics
Leimiswil has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 398. , 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 () 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 () 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%. , 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.
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{in lang. de accessed 4 April 2011
- [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. (2011-09-04 accessed 29-May-2009)
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