Rumisberg

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Rumisberg is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Rumisberg is first mentioned in 1364 as Rumolsberg.[1]

Geography

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The municipality includes the village of Rumisberg, the hamlets of Schoren and Weissacker-Falken and scattered individual houses. It is located on several terraces scattered along the southern slope of the Jura mountains, ranging in altitude from Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.

Demographics

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In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (14.8%), the FDP (14.5%) and the Green Party (10.1%).

The age distribution of the population (since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.9%. In Rumisberg about 78.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Rumisberg has an unemployment rate of 1.19%. since 2005Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 24 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.[2] The historical population is given in the following table:[1]

year population
1764 301
1850 471
1900 353
1950 391
2000 455

References

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  2. a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 22-Jul-2009

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External links

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