Itingen
Encyclopedia
Itingen is a municipality
in the district of Sissach
in the canton
of Basel-Country
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.5%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 11.5% is used for growing crops and 13.1% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in the mid-Ergolz
valley. The old village center is located perpendicular to the old cantonal road and to the left of the Basel
-Olten
rail line.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, a Fish nainaint winged Argent.
Most of the population speaks German
(1,441 or 89.1%), with Italian language
being second most common (60 or 3.7%) and Serbo-Croatian
being third (41 or 2.5%). There are 14 people who speak French
and 2 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female. The population was made up of 1,545 Swiss citizens (82.7% of the population), and 323 non-Swiss residents (17.3%) Of the population in the municipality 357 or about 22.1% were born in Itingen and lived there in 2000. There were 527 or 32.6% who were born in the same canton, while 448 or 27.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 262 or 16.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 12 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 12 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 2 Swiss men and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 8 non-Swiss men and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 28 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.9%.
The age distribution, , in Itingen is; 119 children or 6.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 259 teenagers or 13.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 237 people or 12.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 258 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 301 people or 16.1% are between 40 and 49, and 442 people or 23.7% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 197 people or 10.5% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 55 people or 2.9% who are over 80.
, there were 631 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 836 married individuals, 79 widows or widowers and 72 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 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 59.1% 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 669 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 182 households that consist of only one person and 34 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 672 households that answered this question, 27.1% were households made up of just one person and 3 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 206 married couples without children, 235 married couples with children There were 33 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up unrelated people and 3 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 354 single family homes (or 73.4% of the total) out of a total of 482 inhabited buildings. There were 78 multi-family buildings (16.2%), along with 38 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.9%) and 12 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.5%). Of the single family homes 20 were built before 1919, while 75 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (105) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 696 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 221. There were 7 single room apartments and 290 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 657 apartments (94.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 19 apartments (2.7%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (2.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 905.00 CHF (US$720, £410, €580), a three room apartment was about 1014.00 CHF (US$810, £460, €650) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1437.00 CHF (US$1150, £650, €920). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.38%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 29.97% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(25.14%), the FDP
(19.1%) and the Green Party
(16.61%). In the federal election, a total of 650 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 51.3%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,131. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, of which 2 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 384, of which 352 or (91.7%) were in manufacturing and 32 (8.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 744. In the tertiary sector; 47 or 6.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 158 or 21.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 16 or 2.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 1.1% were in the information industry, 480 or 64.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 14 or 1.9% were in education and 9 or 1.2% were in health care.
, there were 971 workers who commuted into the municipality and 709 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.4 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 1.4% of the workforce coming into Itingen are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 23.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.5% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 15 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.93% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.25% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 22 individuals (or about 1.36% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 80 (or about 4.94% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 181 (or about 11.19% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 17 individuals (or about 1.05% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 215 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.7% were Swiss men, 29.3% were Swiss women, 10.7% were non-Swiss men and 3.3% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 6 students in Itingen who came from another municipality, while 147 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 Sissach
Sissach (district)
Sissach District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It has a population of . The district occupies the western portion of Basel-Country, bordering the neighbouring cantons of canton of Aargau and Solothurn. Its capital is the town of...
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....
.
History
Itingen is first mentioned in 1226 as Utingen. In 1454 it was mentioned as Uetingen.Geography
Itingen has an area, , of 3.14 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 0.9 km² (0.347491942733282 sq mi) or 28.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.48 km² (0.571431194716952 sq mi) or 47.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.75 km² (0.289576618944401 sq mi) or 23.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.5%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 11.5% is used for growing crops and 13.1% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in the mid-Ergolz
Ergolz
left|thumb|Source of the Ergolz in [[Oltingen]]The Ergolz is the main river in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It rises on Mount Geisflue in the Faltenjura mountains in the upper region of Basel-Landschaft, on the border with Aargau and Solothurn, and joins the Rhine at Augst...
valley. The old village center is located perpendicular to the old cantonal road and to the left of the Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
-Olten
Olten
Olten is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.Olten's railway station is within 30 minutes of Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of Switzerland.-History:...
rail line.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
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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 Fish nainaint winged Argent.
Demographics
Itingen has a population of . , 15.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 16.5%.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....
(1,441 or 89.1%), with 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 second most common (60 or 3.7%) and Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
being third (41 or 2.5%). There are 14 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 2 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female. The population was made up of 1,545 Swiss citizens (82.7% of the population), and 323 non-Swiss residents (17.3%) Of the population in the municipality 357 or about 22.1% were born in Itingen and lived there in 2000. There were 527 or 32.6% who were born in the same canton, while 448 or 27.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 262 or 16.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 12 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 12 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 2 Swiss men and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 8 non-Swiss men and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 28 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.9%.
The age distribution, , in Itingen is; 119 children or 6.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 259 teenagers or 13.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 237 people or 12.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 258 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 301 people or 16.1% are between 40 and 49, and 442 people or 23.7% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 197 people or 10.5% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 55 people or 2.9% who are over 80.
, there were 631 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 836 married individuals, 79 widows or widowers and 72 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 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 59.1% 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 669 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 182 households that consist of only one person and 34 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 672 households that answered this question, 27.1% were households made up of just one person and 3 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 206 married couples without children, 235 married couples with children There were 33 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up unrelated people and 3 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 354 single family homes (or 73.4% of the total) out of a total of 482 inhabited buildings. There were 78 multi-family buildings (16.2%), along with 38 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.9%) and 12 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.5%). Of the single family homes 20 were built before 1919, while 75 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (105) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 696 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 221. There were 7 single room apartments and 290 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 657 apartments (94.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 19 apartments (2.7%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (2.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 905.00 CHF (US$720, £410, €580), a three room apartment was about 1014.00 CHF (US$810, £460, €650) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1437.00 CHF (US$1150, £650, €920). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.38%.
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 29.97% 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....
(25.14%), 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....
(19.1%) 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:...
(16.61%). In the federal election, a total of 650 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 51.3%.
Economy
, Itingen had an unemployment rate of 3.57%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 2 businesses involved in this sector. 445 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 22 businesses in this sector. 820 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 44 businesses in this sector. There were 916 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.5% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,131. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, of which 2 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 384, of which 352 or (91.7%) were in manufacturing and 32 (8.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 744. In the tertiary sector; 47 or 6.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 158 or 21.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 16 or 2.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 1.1% were in the information industry, 480 or 64.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 14 or 1.9% were in education and 9 or 1.2% were in health care.
, there were 971 workers who commuted into the municipality and 709 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.4 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 1.4% of the workforce coming into Itingen are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 23.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.5% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 404 or 25.0% were Roman Catholic, while 889 or 54.9% 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 15 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 0.93% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.25% 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 22 individuals (or about 1.36% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 80 (or about 4.94% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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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...
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 181 (or about 11.19% 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 17 individuals (or about 1.05% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Itingen about 741 or (45.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 215 or (13.3%) 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 215 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.7% were Swiss men, 29.3% were Swiss women, 10.7% were non-Swiss men and 3.3% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 6 students in Itingen who came from another municipality, while 147 residents attended schools outside the municipality.