Wolfisberg
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Wolfisberg |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Wolfisberg COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Wolfisberg Flag.svg |
| canton | Bern |
| iso-code-region | CH-BE |
| district | Oberaargau |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 4704 |
| municipality_code | 0996 |
| area | 2.4 |
| elevation | 670 |
| population | |
| website | www.wolfisberg.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Laupersdorf (SO), Matzendorf (SO), Niederbipp, Oberbipp, Rumisberg |
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Wolfisberg is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Wolfisberg merged into Niederbipp.
Geography
Wolfisberg has an area of 2.4 km2. Of this area, 45.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.8% is forested. The rest of the land, (4.5%) is settled.
Demographics
Wolfisberg has a population (as of ) of . , 2.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 1.1%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.8%), the Green Party (16%) and the FDP (8.3%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.5%. In Wolfisberg about 81.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Wolfisberg has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 5 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 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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