District Oberaargau Elevation 602 m Postal code 4935 | SFOS number 0330 Local time Wednesday 7:03 AM Population 412 (31 Dec 2008) | |
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Website www.leimiswil.ch SFSO statistics Weather 1°C, Wind E at 3 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Leimiswil is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of Madiswil.
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Map of Leimiswil, Switzerland
Geography
Leimiswil has an area, as of 2009, of 4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi). Of this area, 3.51 km2 (1.36 sq mi) or 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. 17.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.8% is used for growing crops and 35.5% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Demographics
Leimiswil has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 398. As of 2007, 1.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.9%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.5%), the Small right-wing parties (10.4%) and the SPS (10.1%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59% and the seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Leimiswil about 69.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Leimiswil has an unemployment rate of 0.8%. As of 2005, there were 97 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 89 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 50 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector.