Inkwil
Inkwil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Inkwil is first mentioned in 1262 as Inchwile.[1]
Geography
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Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. 35.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 37.5% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.[2]
It is divided into three sections; Dorf, Vorstatt and Station.
Demographics
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In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (29.8%), the FDP (13.7%) and the CSP (5.4%).
The age distribution of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15%. About 82.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Inkwil has an unemployment rate of 1.64%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 69 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 20 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector.[3] The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 154 |
| 1850 | 420 |
| 1900 | 442 |
| 1950 | 507 |
| 2000 | 654 |
Heritage sites of national significance
It is home to the Inkwilersee Insel prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4]
References
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- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:In lang accessed 25 March 2010
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 21-Jul-2009
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
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External links
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