Attiswil | |
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 Municipal administration building in Attiswil village | |
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Location of Attiswil  | |
  Attiswil  Attiswil | |
| Coordinates:47°14′N7°36′E / 47.233°N 7.600°E /47.233; 7.600 | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Oberaargau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daniel Zumstein |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.7 km2 (3.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 464 m (1,522 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 1,504 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4536 |
| SFOS number | 0971 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Farnern,Flumenthal (SO),Günsberg (SO),Hubersdorf (SO),Kammersrohr (SO),Rumisberg,Wangen an der Aare,Wiedlisbach |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Attiswil is amunicipality in theOberaargau administrative district in thecanton ofBern inSwitzerland.
Attiswil is first mentioned in 1364 asAttenswile.[3]
The region around the Aare river was inhabited at least as early as theMesolithic. The remains of Mesolithic,Bronze Age andLa Tène settlements have been discovered in the municipality. A number of farms and villages existed in the area during theRoman era, along with amenhir or standing stone that may predate the Romans.[3]
During theMiddle Ages the village was part of theHerrschaft of Bipp. In 1413 the cities ofSolothurn andBern acquired the entireHerrschaft which they jointly administered. In 1463 Bern fully acquired theHerrschaft and the Attiswil village became part of the court of Wiedlisbach in the Bipp District. Religiously it was part of the Flumenthalparish in theCanton of Solothurn. However, in 1528, Bern adopted the new faith of theProtestant Reformation and required the entire Canton to convert. Solothurn, on the other hand, remained with the oldCatholic faith. In 1533 Bern forced Attiswil to leave the Catholic Flumenthal parish and join the newly created Reformed Oberbipp parish. A newparish church was built in Attiswil in 1948. Following the1798 French invasion, Attiswil became part of theHelvetic Republic district ofWangen.[3]
The first school in the village is mentioned in 1633. In 1707 a schoolhouse was built. Today the old schoolhouse is the municipal administration building.[3]
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Attiswil has an area of 7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi).[4] As of the 2005 survey, a total of 4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi) or 53.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) or 35.2% is forested. Of rest of the municipality 0.84 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.[5]
From the same survey, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.0% of the area A total of 33.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.5% is used for growing crops and 14.9% is pasturage, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops and 2.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[5]
The municipality is located near theAare river, but since 1881 does not touch the river. The borders include the plains around the Aare river and the Bettlerküche (elevation 1,074 m [3,524 ft]) a mountain in theJura Mountains.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Wangen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau.[6]
Theblazon of the municipalcoat of arms isGules a Cross pattee couped Or between in chief two Mullets of the same and in base two Trefoilts issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.[7]
Attiswil has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 1,532.[8] As of 2012[update], 7.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Between the last 2 years (2010-2012) the population changed at a rate of -0.1%. Migration accounted for 1.3%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.9%.[9]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaksGerman (1,262 or 94.6%) as their first language,Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (19 or 1.4%) andItalian is the third (15 or 1.1%). There are 5 people who speakFrench.[10]
As of 2013[update], the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population was made up of 619 Swiss men (45.1% of the population) and 68 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 625 Swiss women (45.5%) and 62 (4.5%) non-Swiss women.[11] Of the population in the municipality, 561 or about 42.1% were born in Attiswil and lived there in 2000. There were 262 or 19.6% who were born in the same canton, while 385 or 28.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 120 or 9.0% were born outside of Switzerland.[10]
As of 2012[update], children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 23.5%.[9]
As of 2000[update], there were 490 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 698 married individuals, 89 widows or widowers and 57 individuals who are divorced.[10]
As of 2010[update], there were 184 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people.[12] In 2000[update], a total of 561 apartments (91.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 20 apartments (3.3%) were seasonally occupied and 31 apartments (5.1%) were empty.[13] As of 2012[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 1.5 new units per 1000 residents.[9] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2013[update], was 2.7%. In 2012, single family homes made up 65.0% of the total housing in the municipality.[14]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15][16]
As of 2011[update], Attiswil had an unemployment rate of 2.27%. As of 2011[update], there were a total of 359 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 75 people employed in theprimary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. Thesecondary sector employs 90 people and there were 19 businesses in this sector. Thetertiary sector employs 194 people, with 59 businesses in this sector.[9] There were 705 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] there were a total of 240full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 49, of which 47 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 105 of which 33 or (31.4%) were in manufacturing, 31 or (29.5%) were in mining and 40 (38.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 86. In the tertiary sector; 22 or 25.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 17.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 9.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 11.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 10.5% were in education and 2 or 2.3% were in health care.[17]
In 2000[update], there were 111 workers who commuted into the municipality and 504 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 201 workers (64.4% of the 312 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Attiswil.[18] Of the working population, 11.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.6% used a private car.[9]
In 2013 the average church, local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Attiswil making 150,000CHF was 11.4%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 17.5%. For comparison, the median rate for all municipalities in the entire canton was 11.7% and 18.1%, while the nationwide median was 10.6% and 17.4% respectively.[19]
In 2011 there were a total of 576 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 159 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There was one person who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Attiswil was 109,309 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 136,785 CHF.[20]
In 2011 a total of 2.5% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.[21]
The entire village of Attiswil is designated as part of theInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[22]
In the2011 federal election the most popular party was theSwiss People's Party (SVP) which received 36.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theSocial Democratic Party (SP) (19.0%), theConservative Democratic Party (BDP) (18.8%) and theFDP.The Liberals (9.2%). In the federal election, a total of 526 votes were cast, and thevoter turnout was 51.6%.[23]
From the 2000 census[update], 953 or 71.4% belonged to theSwiss Reformed Church, while 230 or 17.2% wereRoman Catholic. Of the rest of the population, there were 13members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.97% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to theChristian Catholic Church, and there were 18 individuals (or about 1.35% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 18 (or about 1.35% of the population) who wereMuslim. There were 4 individuals who wereHindu. 82 (or about 6.15% of the population) belonged to no church, areagnostic oratheist, and 13 individuals (or about 0.97% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]
In Attiswil about 62.7% of the population have completed non-mandatoryupper secondary education, and 14.7% have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversity or aFachhochschule).[9] Of the 120 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 75.8% were Swiss men, 15.0% were Swiss women, 4.2% were non-Swiss men and 5.0% were non-Swiss women.[10]
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatoryKindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter anapprenticeship.[24]
During the 2012-13 school year, there were a total of 97 students attending classes in Attiswil. There were a total of 23 students in the German language kindergarten classes in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 8.7% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 13.0% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality's primary school had 74 students in German language classes. Of the primary students, 6.8% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 9.5% have a different mother language than the classroom language.[25]
As of 2000[update], there were a total of 143 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 139 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 4 students came from another municipality. During the same year, 43 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[18]
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