Wangenried
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Wangenried |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Wangenried COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Wangenried Flag.svg |
| canton | Bern |
| iso-code-region | CH-BE |
| district | Oberaargau |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 3374 |
| municipality_code | 0993 |
| area | 2.9 |
| elevation | 473 |
| population | |
| website | www.wangenried.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | Gemeindepräsident |
| executive_name | Gemeinderat |
| neighboring_municipalities | Deitingen (SO), Inkwil, Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee, Subingen (SO), Walliswil bei Wangen, Wangen an der Aare |
| :: |
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Wangenried is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Wangenried merged to form the municipality of Wangen an der Aare.
Geography
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Wangenried has an area of 2.9 km2. Of this area, 67.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Demographics
Wangenried has a population (as of ) of . , 3.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.8%) and French being third ( 0.5%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.4%), the FDP (10.8%) and the local small left-wing parties (6.6%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.7%. In Wangenried about 76.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Wangenried has an unemployment rate of 0.66%. , there were 36 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 46 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 42 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 22-Jul-2009
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