Lohnstorf
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| Population | 218 (Dec 2012)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 121 /km2 (314 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 570 m (1,870 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3127 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0874 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Burgistein, Kirchdorf, Mühlethurnen, Riggisberg | |||||||||
| Website | www.lohnstorf.ch SFSO statistics | |||||||||
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Lohnstorf is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Lohnstorf is first mentioned in 1148 as Lonestrof. In 1279 it was mentioned as Lonstorf.[3]
Geography
Lohnstorf has an area, as of 2009, of 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi). Of this area, 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) or 92.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 1.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.12 km2 (30 acres) or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes.[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. 1.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 57.8% is used for growing crops and 29.4% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 2.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[4]
The municipality and village or Lohnstorf are located in the Gürbetal (Gürbe valley) near Längenberg mountain.
Demographics
Lohnstorf has a population (as of 31 December 2012) of 218.[1] As of 2007, 2.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (99.0%), while the last 1% speaks French.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (13.3%), the FDP (12.2%) and the Green Party (9.8%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.1%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lohnstorf about 78.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Lohnstorf has an unemployment rate of 0.88%. As of 2005, there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector.[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
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| 1764 | 73 |
| 1850 | 170 |
| 1900 | 189 |
| 1950 | 166 |
| 2000 | 199 |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lohnstorf. |
- Lohnstorf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 August 2013
- ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lohnstorf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14-Jul-2009
