Oberwil bei Büren
Template:Infobox Swiss town Oberwil bei Büren is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Oberwil bei Büren is first mentioned in 1236 as Oberwile.[1]
Various neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman items have been found around the municipality. During the Middle Ages it was part of the Strassberg Herrschaft. Between 1388 and 1393, the entire Strassberg lands were acquired by Bern. Oberwil bei Büren became part of the newly created Bernese bailiwick of Büren.[1]
The Church of St. Mauritius was first mentioned in 1275, but it stands on the foundations of earlier churches. The first was an early medieval wooden church from the 7th or 8th century. The first brick church was built on the site in the 9th or 10th century. Four further churches were built before the choir was completely rebuilt in 1506-07. The most recent renovation of the church was in the 17th century.[1]
Throughout its history the village has remained a rural, agricultural place. Since there are very few jobs in the municipality about two-thirds of the working population commute. Many of which have very long commutes to Bern or Zurich.[1]
Geography
Oberwil bei Büren has an area of Template:Swiss area.Template:Swiss area data Of this area, Script error: No such module "convert". or 56.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while Script error: No such module "convert". or 35.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Script error: No such module "convert". or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads).[2]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 40.6% is used for growing crops and 14.6% is pastures.[2]
The municipality is located on the western side of the Bucheggberg plateau.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Büren, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Seeland.[3]
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Harrow Or ringed Argent.[4]
Demographics
Oberwil bei Büren has a population (since Template:Swiss populations YM[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since 2010[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 6.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[5] Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 6.1%. Migration accounted for 3.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.8%.[6]
Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (750 or 97.9%) as their first language, French is the second most common (7 or 0.9%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (4 or 0.5%). and 1 person who speaks Romansh.[7]
since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 370 Swiss men (46.3% of the population) and 31 (3.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 380 Swiss women (47.5%) and 19 (2.4%) non-Swiss women.[5] Of the population in the municipality, 293 or about 38.3% were born in Oberwil bei Büren and lived there in 2000. There were 273 or 35.6% who were born in the same canton, while 139 or 18.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 33 or 4.3% were born outside of Switzerland.[7]
since 2010[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16%.[6]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 294 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 390 married individuals, 47 widows or widowers and 35 individuals who are divorced.[7]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 84 households that consist of only one person and 17 households with five or more people. In 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., a total of 310 apartments (93.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 9 apartments (2.7%) were seasonally occupied and 12 apartments (3.6%) were empty.[8] since 2010[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the construction rate of new housing units was 2.5 new units per 1000 residents.[6] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., was 1.06%.
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Sights
The entire village of Oberwil bei Büren is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[10]
Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the BDP Party (26.7%), the SPS (10.1%) and the Green Party (5.6%). In the federal election, a total of 294 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.7%.[11]
Economy
since 2011[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Oberwil bei Büren had an unemployment rate of 0.67%. since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were a total of 198 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 73 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 84 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 41 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.[6]
In 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were a total of 159 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 50, of which 47 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 77 of which 57 or (74.0%) were in manufacturing, 13 or (16.9%) were in mining and 8 (10.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 32. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 15.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 31.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 4 or 12.5% were in education.[12]
In 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 65 workers who commuted into the municipality and 330 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[13] Of the working population, 8.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.3% used a private car.[6]
Religion
From the 2000 census[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 35 or 4.6% were Roman Catholic, while 651 or 85.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 individuals (or about 0.26% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 30 individuals (or about 3.92% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 8 (or about 1.04% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist. 33 (or about 4.31% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 19 individuals (or about 2.48% of the population) did not answer the question.[7]
Education
In Oberwil bei Büren about 333 or (43.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 83 or (10.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 83 who completed tertiary schooling, 81.9% were Swiss men, 14.5% were Swiss women.[7]
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, 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 an apprenticeship.[14]
During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 75 students attending classes in Oberwil bei Büren. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 15 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 6.7% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens). The municipality had 3 primary classes and 60 students. Of the primary students, 3.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens).[15]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there was one student in Oberwil bei Büren who came from another municipality, while 28 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[13]
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Template:HDS
- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:In lang accessed 25 March 2010
- ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Template:In lang accessed 4 April 2011
- ↑ Flags of the World.com accessed 21-August-2012
- ↑ a b Statistical office of the Canton of Bern Template:In lang accessed 4 January 2012
- ↑ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 21-August-2012
- ↑ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 2 February 2011
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 29 January 2011
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 8 May 2012
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Template:In lang accessed 24 June 2010
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf documentTemplate:In lang accessed 4 January 2012
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External links
- Einwohnergemeinde Oberwil b. Büren Template:In lang—Official site
- Burgergemeinde Oberwil Template:In lang
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Template:Municipalities of the administrative district of Seeland