Limpach is a 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 Bern-Mittelland administrative district

Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)

Bern-Mittelland District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Bern-Mittelland administrative region, and is the only district in the region...

 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 Bern 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....

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Geography

Limpach, Switzerland has an area, , of 4.45 km² (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 3.13 km² (1.2 sq mi) or 70.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.97 km² (0.374519093834759 sq mi) or 21.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.33 km² (0.127413712335537 sq mi) or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. 21.6% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 63.4% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

Limpach is located in the Limpach valley on the border of 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...

. The parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 of Limpach also serves Büren zum Hof

Büren zum Hof

Büren zum Hof is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Büren zum Hof is first mentioned in 1249 as Burron. There is a Hallstatt era burial mound in the municipality which indicates that the area was inhabitated much earlier...

 and Schalunen

Schalunen

Schalunen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-Geography:Schalunen has an area of . Of this area, 57.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.7% is forested. The rest of the land, is settled.-Demographics:Schalunen has a...

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Demographics

Limpach has a population (as of ) of . , 4.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.6%. Most of the population speaks German (99.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.3%) and noe being third (noew%).

In the election 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 66.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....

 (7.3%), 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%) and the local small left-wing parties (5.4%).

The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 53.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Limpach about 80.2% 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...

).

Limpach has an unemployment rate of 1.17%. , there were 61 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 32 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 20 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1764	204
1850	426
1880	475
1900	407
1950	396
2000	316

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