Biezwil
Encyclopedia
Biezwil is a municipality
in the district of Bucheggberg
, in the canton of Solothurn
, Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 39.0% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Biezwil and the Aspi, Schoren and Zelgli individual farm houses.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules three Ears Or issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the same.
Most of the population speaks German
(284 or 98.3%), with French
being second most common (4 or 1.4%) and Italian
being third (1 or 0.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The population was made up of 156 Swiss men (47.1% of the population) and 7 (2.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 165 Swiss women (49.8%) and 3 (0.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 103 or about 35.6% were born in Biezwil and lived there in 2000. There were 51 or 17.6% who were born in the same canton, while 124 or 42.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7 or 2.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 5 while the foreign population remained the same. There . At the same time, there . The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 9 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.2%.
The age distribution, , in Biezwil is; 19 children or 6.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 49 teenagers or 17.0% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 3.1% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 91 people or 31.5% are between 25 and 44, and 84 people or 29.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 24 people or 8.3% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 13 people or 4.5% who are over 80.
, there were 115 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 140 married individuals, 20 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.52 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 69.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 120 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 33 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 123 households that answered this question, 26.8% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 42 married couples without children, 40 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 3 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 68 single family homes (or 64.8% of the total) out of a total of 105 inhabited buildings. There were 6 multi-family buildings (5.7%), along with 30 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.6%) and 1 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (1.0%). Of the single family homes 23 were built before 1919, while 27 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 125 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 40. There were 3 single room apartments and 55 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 117 apartments (93.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (4.0%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the FDP
which received 46.28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(26.28%), the SP
(12.79%) and the CVP
(6.51%). In the federal election, a total of 126 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 51.2%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 49. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 14, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 12. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 75.0% were technical professionals or scientists, and 1 was in health care.
, there were 19 workers who commuted into the municipality and 134 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.6% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population,, and there were 3 individuals (or about 1.04% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were there was 1 individual who was Islam
ic. 27 (or about 9.34% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 7 individuals (or about 2.42% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 41 who completed tertiary schooling, 73.2% were Swiss men, 24.4% were Swiss women.
, there were 8 students in Biezwil who came from another municipality, while 41 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Bucheggberg
Bucheggberg (district)
Bucheggberg District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the southwest of the canton. Together with the Wasseramt District, it forms the Amtei of Wasseramt-Bucheggberg...
, in the canton of Solothurn
Canton of Solothurn
Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.-History:The territory of the canton comprises land acquired by the capital...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
History
Biezwil is first mentioned in 1255 as in Beizwile . In 1276 it was mentioned as zue Biezwile and in 1279 as de Biezwile.Geography
Biezwil has an area, , of 4.18 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi). Of this area, 2.17 km² (0.837841684145801 sq mi) or 51.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.73 km² (0.667956734365086 sq mi) or 41.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km² (0.10810860440591 sq mi) or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 39.0% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Biezwil and the Aspi, Schoren and Zelgli individual farm houses.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Gules three Ears Or issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the same.
Demographics
Biezwil has a population of . , 3.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 18.3%.Most of the population speaks German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(284 or 98.3%), with French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
being second most common (4 or 1.4%) and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
being third (1 or 0.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The population was made up of 156 Swiss men (47.1% of the population) and 7 (2.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 165 Swiss women (49.8%) and 3 (0.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 103 or about 35.6% were born in Biezwil and lived there in 2000. There were 51 or 17.6% who were born in the same canton, while 124 or 42.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7 or 2.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 5 while the foreign population remained the same. There . At the same time, there . The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 9 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.2%.
The age distribution, , in Biezwil is; 19 children or 6.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 49 teenagers or 17.0% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 3.1% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 91 people or 31.5% are between 25 and 44, and 84 people or 29.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 24 people or 8.3% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 13 people or 4.5% who are over 80.
, there were 115 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 140 married individuals, 20 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.52 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 69.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 120 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 33 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 123 households that answered this question, 26.8% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 42 married couples without children, 40 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 3 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 68 single family homes (or 64.8% of the total) out of a total of 105 inhabited buildings. There were 6 multi-family buildings (5.7%), along with 30 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.6%) and 1 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (1.0%). Of the single family homes 23 were built before 1919, while 27 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 125 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 40. There were 3 single room apartments and 55 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 117 apartments (93.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (4.0%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
which received 46.28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(26.28%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(12.79%) and the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(6.51%). In the federal election, a total of 126 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 51.2%.
Economy
, Biezwil had an unemployment rate of 1.7%. , there were 41 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 14 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector. There were 180 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.0% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 49. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 14, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 12. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 75.0% were technical professionals or scientists, and 1 was in health care.
, there were 19 workers who commuted into the municipality and 134 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.6% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 29 or 10.0% were Roman Catholic, while 222 or 76.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population,, and there were 3 individuals (or about 1.04% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were there was 1 individual who was Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. 27 (or about 9.34% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 7 individuals (or about 2.42% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Biezwil about 116 or (40.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 41 or (14.2%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 41 who completed tertiary schooling, 73.2% were Swiss men, 24.4% were Swiss women.
, there were 8 students in Biezwil who came from another municipality, while 41 residents attended schools outside the municipality.