Rumisberg
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
Rumisberg has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 49.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[2]
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
Rumisberg has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations date) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 3.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.3%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (98.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.4%).
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 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 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 2005[update]Template: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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- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 22-Jul-2009
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External links
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