Heimenhausen

Heimenhausen

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Heimenhausen
Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°42′E / 47.217°N 7.700°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 7°42′E / 47.217°N 7.700°E
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Oberaargau
Government
 • Mayor Verena Schertenleib-Helbling
Area[1]
 • Total 5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
Elevation 455 m (1,493 ft)
Population (Dec 2013[2])
 • Total 1,021
 • Density 170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Postal code 3373
SFOS number 0977
Surrounded by Berken, Graben, Herzogenbuchsee, Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee, Walliswil bei Wangen, Wanzwil
Website www.heimenhausen.ch
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Heimenhausen is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

On January 1, 2009, the municipalities of Wanzwil and Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee became part of the Municipality of Heimenhausen.[3]

History

Heimenhausen is first mentioned in 1356 as Heimenhusen.[4]

Geography

Heimenhausen has an area, as of 2009, of 5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi). Of this area, 3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi) or 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.03 km2 (0.78 sq mi) or 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi) or 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.[5]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area 33.8% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 36.1% is used for growing crops and 15.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[5]

Demographics

Heimenhausen (alone) has a population (as of 31 December 2013) of 1,021.[2] As of 2007, 3.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (98.5%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.7%) and French being third ( 0.2%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (14.5%), the SPS (12.1%) and the local small left-wing parties (8.8%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.2%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Heimenhausen about 82% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Heimenhausen has an unemployment rate of 1.52%. As of 2005, there were 34 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 31 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.[6] The historical population is given in the following table:[4]

year population
1764 192
1850 388
1900 416
1950 343
1980 287
2000 453

References

  1. ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 18 August 2014
  3. ↑ BSG 152.01 BAG 08-59 Die Justizkommission des Grossen Rats des Kantons Bern (Justice Commission of the High Council of Canton Bern) decision of 29 April 2008. (German) accessed 16 July 2009
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Heimenhausen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
  6. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 20-Jul-2009

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