Grellingen
Encyclopedia
Grellingen is a municipality
in the district of Laufen
in the canton
of Basel-Country
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 54.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.4% is used for growing crops and 11.5% is pastures, while 3.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district. It consists of the linear village
of Grellingen in the Birs
river valley.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per pale, Argent a Crozier Gules, Azure a Bar fleury Argent.
Most of the population speaks German
(1,304 or 81.8%), with Albanian
being second most common (76 or 4.8%) and Italian language
being third (60 or 3.8%). There are 22 people who speak French
and 3 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female. The population was made up of 1,265 Swiss citizens (73.1% of the population), and 466 non-Swiss residents (26.9%) Of the population in the municipality 456 or about 28.6% were born in Grellingen and lived there in 2000. There were 236 or 14.8% who were born in the same canton, while 436 or 27.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 417 or 26.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 4. There were 3 Swiss men and 5 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 9 non-Swiss men and 6 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 17 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.4%.
The age distribution, , in Grellingen is; 105 children or 6.1% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 255 teenagers or 14.7% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 197 people or 11.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 225 people or 13.0% are between 30 and 39, 316 people or 18.3% are between 40 and 49, and 397 people or 22.9% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 174 people or 10.1% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 62 people or 3.6% who are over 80.
, there were 622 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 844 married individuals, 69 widows or widowers and 60 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 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 44.5% 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 655 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 188 households that consist of only one person and 52 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 666 households that answered this question, 28.2% were households made up of just one person and 2 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 200 married couples without children, 228 married couples with children There were 27 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up unrelated people and 11 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 280 single family homes (or 68.3% of the total) out of a total of 410 inhabited buildings. There were 76 multi-family buildings (18.5%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.1%) and 25 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.1%). Of the single family homes 32 were built before 1919, while 33 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (61) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 706 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 217. There were 21 single room apartments and 213 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 627 apartments (88.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 56 apartments (7.9%) were seasonally occupied and 23 apartments (3.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.8 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 739.00 CHF (US$590, £330, €470), a three room apartment was about 850.00 CHF (US$680, £380, €540) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1211.00 CHF (US$970, £540, €780). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.79%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 41.71% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(21.65%), the CVP
(13.17%) and the FDP
(12.85%). In the federal election, a total of 539 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 53.1%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 420. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 304, of which 251 or (82.6%) were in manufacturing and 53 (17.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 114. In the tertiary sector; 42 or 36.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 5.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 22 or 19.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.9% were in the information industry, 10 or 8.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 16 or 14.0% were in education and 2 or 1.8% were in health care.
, there were 476 workers who commuted into the municipality and 655 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 21.4% of the workforce coming into Grellingen are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 20.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.8% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 21 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 1.32% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 48 individuals (or about 3.01% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 194 (or about 12.16% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
, 16 individuals who were Hindu
1 individual who belonged to another church. 199 (or about 12.48% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 52 individuals (or about 3.26% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 141 who completed tertiary schooling, 62.4% were Swiss men, 27.0% were Swiss women, 8.5% were non-Swiss men. , there were 58 students in Grellingen who came from another municipality, while 53 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 Laufen
Laufen (district)
Laufen District or Laufental District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Laufen....
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 Basel-Country
Basel-Country
Basel-Landschaft , is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal...
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....
.
Geography
Grellingen has an area, , of 3.31 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi). Of this area, 0.69 km² (0.266410489428849 sq mi) or 20.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.89 km² (0.729733079739891 sq mi) or 57.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.64 km² (0.247105381499222 sq mi) or 19.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km² (27.2 acre) or 3.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 54.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.4% is used for growing crops and 11.5% is pastures, while 3.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district. It consists of the linear village
Linear village
In geography, a linear village, or linear settlement, is a small to medium-sized settlement that is formed around a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Wraysbury, a village in Berkshire, is one of the longest villages in England....
of Grellingen in the Birs
Birs
The Birs is a 73-km long river in Switzerland that flows through the Jura region and ends as a tributary to the Rhine between Basel and Birsfelden.- Picture gallery :...
river valley.
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 Per pale, Argent a Crozier Gules, Azure a Bar fleury Argent.
Demographics
Grellingen has a population of . , 26.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.5%.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....
(1,304 or 81.8%), with Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
being second most common (76 or 4.8%) and Italian language
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 (60 or 3.8%). There are 22 people who speak 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...
and 3 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female. The population was made up of 1,265 Swiss citizens (73.1% of the population), and 466 non-Swiss residents (26.9%) Of the population in the municipality 456 or about 28.6% were born in Grellingen and lived there in 2000. There were 236 or 14.8% who were born in the same canton, while 436 or 27.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 417 or 26.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 4. There were 3 Swiss men and 5 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 9 non-Swiss men and 6 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 17 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.4%.
The age distribution, , in Grellingen is; 105 children or 6.1% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 255 teenagers or 14.7% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 197 people or 11.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 225 people or 13.0% are between 30 and 39, 316 people or 18.3% are between 40 and 49, and 397 people or 22.9% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 174 people or 10.1% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 62 people or 3.6% who are over 80.
, there were 622 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 844 married individuals, 69 widows or widowers and 60 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 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 44.5% 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 655 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 188 households that consist of only one person and 52 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 666 households that answered this question, 28.2% were households made up of just one person and 2 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 200 married couples without children, 228 married couples with children There were 27 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up unrelated people and 11 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 280 single family homes (or 68.3% of the total) out of a total of 410 inhabited buildings. There were 76 multi-family buildings (18.5%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.1%) and 25 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.1%). Of the single family homes 32 were built before 1919, while 33 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (61) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 706 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 217. There were 21 single room apartments and 213 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 627 apartments (88.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 56 apartments (7.9%) were seasonally occupied and 23 apartments (3.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.8 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 739.00 CHF (US$590, £330, €470), a three room apartment was about 850.00 CHF (US$680, £380, €540) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1211.00 CHF (US$970, £540, €780). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.79%.
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 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 41.71% 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....
(21.65%), 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...
(13.17%) and 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....
(12.85%). In the federal election, a total of 539 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 53.1%.
Economy
, Grellingen had an unemployment rate of 2.67%. , there were 7 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 274 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 18 businesses in this sector. 231 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 50 businesses in this sector. There were 841 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.5% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 420. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 304, of which 251 or (82.6%) were in manufacturing and 53 (17.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 114. In the tertiary sector; 42 or 36.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 5.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 22 or 19.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.9% were in the information industry, 10 or 8.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 16 or 14.0% were in education and 2 or 1.8% were in health care.
, there were 476 workers who commuted into the municipality and 655 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 21.4% of the workforce coming into Grellingen are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 20.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 785 or 49.2% were Roman Catholic, while 274 or 17.2% 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 21 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 1.32% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
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...
, and there were 48 individuals (or about 3.01% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 194 (or about 12.16% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, 16 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
1 individual who belonged to another church. 199 (or about 12.48% 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 52 individuals (or about 3.26% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Grellingen about 582 or (36.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 141 or (8.8%) 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 141 who completed tertiary schooling, 62.4% were Swiss men, 27.0% were Swiss women, 8.5% were non-Swiss men. , there were 58 students in Grellingen who came from another municipality, while 53 residents attended schools outside the municipality.