Mühledorf, Solothurn
Encyclopedia
Mühledorf is a municipality
in the district of Bucheggberg
, in the canton of Solothurn
, Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 37.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.1% is used for growing crops and 17.1% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district, in the Mühle valley. It consists of the linear village
of Mühledorf.
Most of the population speaks German
(321 or 97.9%), with French
being second most common (4 or 1.2%) and Italian
being third (1 or 0.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.5% male and 51.5% female. The population was made up of 163 Swiss men (47.4% of the population) and 4 (1.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 171 Swiss women (49.7%) and 6 (1.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 102 or about 31.1% were born in Mühledorf and lived there in 2000. There were 89 or 27.1% who were born in the same canton, while 124 or 37.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 10 or 3.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 14 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 person. This represents a population growth rate of -3.6%.
The age distribution, , in Mühledorf is; 30 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 73 teenagers or 22.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 21 people or 6.4% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 94 people or 28.7% are between 25 and 44, and 72 people or 22.0% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 26 people or 7.9% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 12 people or 3.7% who are over 80.
, there were 142 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 154 married individuals, 20 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 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 66.4% 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 120 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 29 households that consist of only one person and 12 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 126 households that answered this question, 23.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 29 married couples without children, 48 married couples with children There were 11 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 6 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 54 single family homes (or 52.4% of the total) out of a total of 103 inhabited buildings. There were 12 multi-family buildings (11.7%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.2%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.8%). Of the single family homes 11 were built before 1919, while 12 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 132 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 27. There were 2 single room apartments and 65 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 113 apartments (85.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (8.3%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (6.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.71%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the FDP
which received 34.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(22.97%), the SVP
(22.28%) and the Green Party
(11.05%). In the federal election, a total of 167 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 59.9%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 85. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 28, of which 22 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 16 of which 9 or (56.3%) were in manufacturing and 7 (43.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 41. In the tertiary sector; 12 or 29.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 19.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 29.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 9.8% were technical professionals or scientists, .
, there were 67 workers who commuted into the municipality and 107 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 11% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.6% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population,, and there were 2 individuals (or about 0.61% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 40 (or about 12.20% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 7 individuals (or about 2.13% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 46 who completed tertiary schooling, 69.6% were Swiss men, 28.3% were Swiss women.
, there was one student in Mühledorf who came from another municipality, while 69 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 Bucheggberg
Bucheggberg (district)
Bucheggberg District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the southwest of the canton. Together with the Wasseramt District, it forms the Amtei of Wasseramt-Bucheggberg...
, in 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...
, 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
Mühledorf is first mentioned around 1264 as Mulidorf though this is from a copy from 1415-20. In 1276 it was mentioned as Mvlidorf.Geography
Mühledorf has an area, , of 3.28 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi). Of this area, 1.8 km² (0.694983885466563 sq mi) or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.26 km² (0.486488719826594 sq mi) or 38.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km² (0.0965255396481338 sq mi) or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 37.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.1% is used for growing crops and 17.1% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district, in the Mühle valley. 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 Mühledorf.
Demographics
Mühledorf has a population of . , 0.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.5%.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....
(321 or 97.9%), with 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...
being second most common (4 or 1.2%) and Italian
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 (1 or 0.3%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.5% male and 51.5% female. The population was made up of 163 Swiss men (47.4% of the population) and 4 (1.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 171 Swiss women (49.7%) and 6 (1.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 102 or about 31.1% were born in Mühledorf and lived there in 2000. There were 89 or 27.1% who were born in the same canton, while 124 or 37.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 10 or 3.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 14 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 person. This represents a population growth rate of -3.6%.
The age distribution, , in Mühledorf is; 30 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 73 teenagers or 22.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 21 people or 6.4% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 94 people or 28.7% are between 25 and 44, and 72 people or 22.0% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 26 people or 7.9% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 12 people or 3.7% who are over 80.
, there were 142 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 154 married individuals, 20 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 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 66.4% 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 120 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 29 households that consist of only one person and 12 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 126 households that answered this question, 23.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 29 married couples without children, 48 married couples with children There were 11 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 6 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 54 single family homes (or 52.4% of the total) out of a total of 103 inhabited buildings. There were 12 multi-family buildings (11.7%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.2%) and 8 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.8%). Of the single family homes 11 were built before 1919, while 12 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 132 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 27. There were 2 single room apartments and 65 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 113 apartments (85.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (8.3%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (6.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.71%.
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 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....
which received 34.8% 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....
(22.97%), 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...
(22.28%) 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:...
(11.05%). In the federal election, a total of 167 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 59.9%.
Economy
, Mühledorf had an unemployment rate of 1.9%. , there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 20 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 62 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector. There were 173 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.2% 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 85. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 28, of which 22 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 16 of which 9 or (56.3%) were in manufacturing and 7 (43.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 41. In the tertiary sector; 12 or 29.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 19.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 29.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 9.8% were technical professionals or scientists, .
, there were 67 workers who commuted into the municipality and 107 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 11% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.6% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 38 or 11.6% were Roman Catholic, while 241 or 73.5% 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,, and there were 2 individuals (or about 0.61% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 40 (or about 12.20% 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 7 individuals (or about 2.13% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Mühledorf about 135 or (41.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 46 or (14.0%) 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 46 who completed tertiary schooling, 69.6% were Swiss men, 28.3% were Swiss women.
, there was one student in Mühledorf who came from another municipality, while 69 residents attended schools outside the municipality.