Siblingen
Template:Infobox Swiss town Siblingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
Geography
Siblingen has an area, as of 2006[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 44.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 48.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).[1]
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Pine Tree Vert trunked and eradicated proper.[2]
Demographics
Siblingen has a population (as of 2008[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of 743, of which 9.8% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), 52.9% are from Germany, 8.6% are from Italy, and 38.6% are from another country.[3] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (97.5%), with Spanish being second most common ( 1.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.8%).[1]
The age distribution of the population (as of 2008[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.4%.[3]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.2% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (33.9%), and the FDP (23.9%) .[1]
In Siblingen about 80.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[1] In Siblingen, as of 2007[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 2.01% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 6.29% attend a Primary School, 2.54% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 3.75% attend a higher level Secondary School.[3]
As of 2000[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 13.2% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 72.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 743 |
| 2000 | 718 |
Economy
Siblingen has an unemployment rate, as of 2007[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., of 1.02%. As of 2005[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 61 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 37 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 62 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 23 businesses in this sector.[1]
As of 2008[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the mid year average unemployment rate was 1.2%. There were 31 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 47.1% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 52.9% were involved in the third. At the same time, 70.2% of the working population was employed full-time, and 29.8% was employed part-time. There were 104 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 34.6% of the workforce. As of 2000[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 109 residents who worked in the municipality, while 248 residents worked outside Siblingen and 38 people commuted into the municipality for work.[3]
As of 2008[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there are 2 restaurants, and 1 hotel with 15 beds. The hospitality industry in Siblingen employs 8 people.[3]
Heritage sites of national significance
The early-La Tène culture era graveyard at Auf dem Stein is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[4]
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 22-December-2009
- ↑ Flags of the World.com accessed 22-December-2009
- ↑ a b c d e f g Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen Template:In lang accessed 2 December 2009
- ↑ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Script error: No such module "webarchive". 21.11.2008 version, Template:In lang accessed 22-Dec-2009
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