Boniswil
Encyclopedia
Boniswil is a municipality
in the district of Lenzburg
in the canton
of Aargau
in Switzerland
.
and then the Habsburgs and finally in 1415 the city of Bern. The rights to low justice
were held by the Habsburg vassals, the lords of Rinach in the 13th Century. These rights, in turn, came in 1486 to the possession of the lords of Hallwyl and passed in 1616 to Bern. Einsiedeln Abbey
collected rent on about three fifths of the land in the village.
Religiously, it was part of the Seengen
parish
until 1842 when it joined Leutwil
parish.
In the 18th Century, the major economic sources in the village were the cotton industry with home spinning and weaving and agriculture. In the 19th Century, cotton was replaced by the straw industry. The construction of the Seetalbahn
train line in 1883 brought economic recovery and new industries (tobacco, box factories). Since 1950 a number of new buildings were added to the municipality. In 1990 only 6% of the local jobs were in agricultural sector, while about 53% were in services. 73% of the population commutes outside the municipality for work, while 49% of jobs in the municipality are filled by commuters.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 15.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 6.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.2% is used for growing crops and 21.2% is pastures, while 7.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 12.0% is unproductive vegetation and .
The municipality is located in the Lenzburg district along the Hallwilersee on the Seetalstrasse. It consists of the village of Boniswil and the hamlets
of Alliswil, which became part of Boniswil in 1898.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules a Snipe proper stantant on a Mount Vert.
The age distribution, , in Boniswil is; 136 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 191 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 156 people or 11.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 175 people or 12.4% are between 30 and 39, 246 people or 17.5% are between 40 and 49, and 231 people or 16.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 143 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 92 people or 6.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 2.2% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 8 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 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 65.7% 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 25 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 220 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 262 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 520 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. there were 338 single family homes (or 58.0% of the total) out of a total of 583 homes and apartments. There were a total of 2 empty apartments for a 0.3% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.4 new units per 1000 residents.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 43.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(16.4%), the FDP
(16.3%) and the Green Party
(7.9%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Boniswil about 79% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule
). Of the school age population , there are 94 students attending primary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
there were 690 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 552 or about 80.0% of the residents worked outside Boniswil while 128 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 266 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 10.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.5% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 individuals (or about 0.30% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic
faith.
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 Lenzburg
Lenzburg (district)
Lenzburg District is a district of the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland, lying at the center of the canton. The district capital is the town of Lenzburg. It has a population of .-Geography:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Aargau
Aargau
Aargau is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau .-History:...
in 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
Boniswil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as Bonoltswile. The village was ruled by the Counts of Lenzburg, then the counts of KyburgHouse of Kyburg
The House of Kyburg was family of Grafen or counts from Zürich in Switzerland. The family was one of the three most powerful noble families in the Swiss plateau beside the Habsburg and the House of Savoy during the 11th and 12th Centuries...
and then the Habsburgs and finally in 1415 the city of Bern. The rights to low justice
High, middle and low justice
High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judiciary power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents....
were held by the Habsburg vassals, the lords of Rinach in the 13th Century. These rights, in turn, came in 1486 to the possession of the lords of Hallwyl and passed in 1616 to Bern. Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated...
collected rent on about three fifths of the land in the village.
Religiously, it was part of the Seengen
Seengen
Seengen is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Seengen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.3% is forested...
parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
until 1842 when it joined Leutwil
Leutwil
Leutwil is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Leutwil is first mentioned in 1273 as Lutwile. The rights to high justice in the village in the late 13th and 14th Century was held by the Habsburgs. The rights to low justice was held by the lords...
parish.
In the 18th Century, the major economic sources in the village were the cotton industry with home spinning and weaving and agriculture. In the 19th Century, cotton was replaced by the straw industry. The construction of the Seetalbahn
Seetalbahn
The Seetalbahn is a railway of the Swiss Federal Railways between Lenzburg and Lucerne in Switzerland. The track, when created, was originally named the Swiss Lake Valley Railway Company and was owned by British investors. The passengers included tourists from Lucerne doing sightseeing tours to...
train line in 1883 brought economic recovery and new industries (tobacco, box factories). Since 1950 a number of new buildings were added to the municipality. In 1990 only 6% of the local jobs were in agricultural sector, while about 53% were in services. 73% of the population commutes outside the municipality for work, while 49% of jobs in the municipality are filled by commuters.
Geography
Boniswil has an area, , of 2.41 square kilometre (0.930506202208009 sq mi). Of this area, 1.38 km² (0.532820978857698 sq mi) or 57.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.19 km² (0.0733594101325817 sq mi) or 7.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48 km² (0.185329036124417 sq mi) or 19.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.29 km² (0.111969625991835 sq mi) or 12.0% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 15.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 6.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.2% is used for growing crops and 21.2% is pastures, while 7.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 12.0% is unproductive vegetation and .
The municipality is located in the Lenzburg district along the Hallwilersee on the Seetalstrasse. It consists of the village of Boniswil and the hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Alliswil, which became part of Boniswil in 1898.
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 a Snipe proper stantant on a Mount Vert.
Demographics
Boniswil has a population of , 14.3% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.6%. Most of the population speaks German (92.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.4%).The age distribution, , in Boniswil is; 136 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 191 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 156 people or 11.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 175 people or 12.4% are between 30 and 39, 246 people or 17.5% are between 40 and 49, and 231 people or 16.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 143 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 92 people or 6.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 2.2% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 8 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 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 65.7% 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 25 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 220 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 262 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 520 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. there were 338 single family homes (or 58.0% of the total) out of a total of 583 homes and apartments. There were a total of 2 empty apartments for a 0.3% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.4 new units per 1000 residents.
In the 2007 federal election
Swiss 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 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...
which received 43.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(16.4%), the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(16.3%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(7.9%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Boniswil about 79% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule
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 school age population , there are 94 students attending primary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 253 |
| 1798 | 389 |
| 1850 | 695 |
| 1900 | 580 |
| 1950 | 653 |
| 2000 | 1,316 |
- includes Alliswil
Economy
, Boniswil had an unemployment rate of 1.08%. , there were 14 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 122 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 123 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 42 businesses in this sector.there were 690 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 552 or about 80.0% of the residents worked outside Boniswil while 128 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 266 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 10.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.5% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 301 or 22.9% were Roman Catholic, while 798 or 60.6% 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, there were 4 individuals (or about 0.30% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
faith.