Busswil bei Büren

Busswil bei Büren
Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms
Busswil bei Büren
Coordinates: 47°5′N 7°19′E / 47.083°N 7.317°ECoordinates: 47°5′N 7°19′E / 47.083°N 7.317°E
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Seeland
Government
 • Mayor Rolf Christen BDP
Area
 • Total 3.10 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Elevation 437 m (1,434 ft)
Population
 • Total 1,905
 • Density 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Postal code 3292
SFOS number 0384
Surrounded by Büetigen, Lyss, Studen, Worben
Website www.busswil.ch
SFSO statistics

Busswil bei Büren is a former municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Lyss.

Geography

Busswil is located at old Aar river, the part of the Aar river that still flows from Aarberg to Büren after the river was corrected.

The neighbouring municipalities are Büetigen, Worben, Studen and Lyss.

Busswil bei Büren has an area, as of 2009, of 3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi). Of this area, 1.57 km2 (0.61 sq mi) or 51.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) or 28.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi) or 19.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.[1]

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.5%. 28.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 44.6% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[1]

Population

Historic population growth

Busswil bei Büren has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 1905.[2] As of 2007, 11.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (90.6%), with French being second most common ( 1.8%) and Italian being third ( 1.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (24.2%), the FDP (12.4%) and the Green Party (10.4%).

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 62.5% and the seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.4%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Busswil bei Büren about 72.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

The largest building in Busswil is a grain silo

Busswil bei Büren has an unemployment rate of 1.21%. As of 2005, there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 199 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 20 businesses in this sector. 237 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 38 businesses in this sector.[3]

Besides the political municipality where everybody living is a member there exists a municipality of citizens where usually old families are member of. These families are called Bangerter, Eggli, Löffel, Stauffer and Stebler, they own 0.7 km² (23%) of the ground. That makes them very important when new buildings are planned.

External links

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
  2. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 September
  3. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 01-Jun-2009