Kammersrohr
Encyclopedia
Kammersrohr is a municipality
in the district of Lebern
in the canton
of Solothurn in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 37.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 29.5% is used for growing crops and 25.3% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Lebern district. It is the smallest municipality in the canton and is located on a terrace in the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent a Mullet Gules between two Reed plants Vert fructed Sable and with two leaves each issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the third.
Most of the population speaks German
(37 or 94.9%), with the rest speaking English
(1 or 2.6%) and Polish
(1 or 2.6%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 56.8% male and 43.2% female. The population was made up of 19 Swiss men (51.4% of the population) and 2 (5.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 16 Swiss women (43.2%) and (0.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 20 or about 51.3% were born in Kammersrohr and lived there in 2000. There were 9 or 23.1% who were born in the same canton, while 6 or 15.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4 or 10.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
In the total Swiss population change (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 3 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of -10.0%.
The age distribution, , in Kammersrohr is; 4 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 11 teenagers or 28.2% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 2 people or 5.1% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 13 people or 33.3% are between 25 and 44, and 7 people or 17.9% are between 45 and 64.
, there were 22 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 14 married individuals, 2 widows or widowers and 1 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 45.5% 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 11 private households in the municipality, and an average of 3.5 persons per household. There were 2 households that consist of only one person and 3 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 11 households that answered this question, 18.2% were households made up of just one person and there was one adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 3 married couples without children, 5 married couples with children
there were 11 single family homes (or 78.6% of the total) out of a total of 14 inhabited buildings. There were 3 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (21.4%). Of the single family homes 2 were built before 1919, while 2 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (4) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 14 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 4. There were no single room apartments and 8 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 11 apartments (78.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (14.3%) were seasonally occupied and 1 apartments (7.1%) 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 CVP
which received 41.18% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(32.03%), the SVP
(9.8%) and the Green Party
(9.15%). In the federal election, a total of 22 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 53.7%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 9. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 6, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary sector. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 66.7% were technical professionals or scientists.
, there were 13 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 0% used public transportation to get to work, and 55% used a private car.
. 7 (or about 17.95% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
,FALSE
). Of the 11 who completed tertiary schooling, 45.5% were Swiss men, 45.5% were Swiss women.
, there were 8 students from Kammersrohr who 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 Lebern
Lebern (district)
Lebern District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, situated to the west of the canton. Together with the city of Solothurn, it forms the Amtei of Solothurn-Lebern...
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 Solothurn 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
Kammersrohr has an area, , of 0.95 square kilometre (0.366797050662908 sq mi). Of this area, 0.53 km² (0.204634144054044 sq mi) or 55.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.38 km² (0.146718820265163 sq mi) or 40.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 37.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 29.5% is used for growing crops and 25.3% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Lebern district. It is the smallest municipality in the canton and is located on a terrace in the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains
Jura mountains
The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
.
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 Argent a Mullet Gules between two Reed plants Vert fructed Sable and with two leaves each issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the third.
Demographics
Kammersrohr has a population of . , 2.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -15.9%.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....
(37 or 94.9%), with the rest speaking English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(1 or 2.6%) and Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
(1 or 2.6%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 56.8% male and 43.2% female. The population was made up of 19 Swiss men (51.4% of the population) and 2 (5.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 16 Swiss women (43.2%) and (0.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 20 or about 51.3% were born in Kammersrohr and lived there in 2000. There were 9 or 23.1% who were born in the same canton, while 6 or 15.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4 or 10.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
In the total Swiss population change (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 3 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of -10.0%.
The age distribution, , in Kammersrohr is; 4 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 11 teenagers or 28.2% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 2 people or 5.1% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 13 people or 33.3% are between 25 and 44, and 7 people or 17.9% are between 45 and 64.
, there were 22 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 14 married individuals, 2 widows or widowers and 1 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 45.5% 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 11 private households in the municipality, and an average of 3.5 persons per household. There were 2 households that consist of only one person and 3 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 11 households that answered this question, 18.2% were households made up of just one person and there was one adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 3 married couples without children, 5 married couples with children
there were 11 single family homes (or 78.6% of the total) out of a total of 14 inhabited buildings. There were 3 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (21.4%). Of the single family homes 2 were built before 1919, while 2 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (4) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 14 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 4. There were no single room apartments and 8 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 11 apartments (78.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (14.3%) were seasonally occupied and 1 apartments (7.1%) 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 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...
which received 41.18% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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....
(32.03%), 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...
(9.8%) 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:...
(9.15%). In the federal election, a total of 22 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 53.7%.
Economy
, Kammersrohr had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. people were employed in the secondary sector and there were businesses in this sector. 3 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector. There were 20 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 30.0% 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 9. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 6, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary sector. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 66.7% were technical professionals or scientists.
, there were 13 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 0% used public transportation to get to work, and 55% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 18 or 46.2% were Roman Catholic, while 14 or 35.9% 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...
. 7 (or about 17.95% 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...
,FALSE
Education
In Kammersrohr about 13 or (33.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 11 or (28.2%) 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 11 who completed tertiary schooling, 45.5% were Swiss men, 45.5% were Swiss women.
, there were 8 students from Kammersrohr who attended schools outside the municipality.