Oberönz was 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 district of Wangen

Wangen (district)

Wangen District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital was the municipality of Wangen an der Aare...

 in the canton

Cantons of Switzerland

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 of Bern in Switzerland

Switzerland

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On January 1, 2008, the municipality of Oberönz became part of the municipality of Herzogenbuchsee

Herzogenbuchsee

Herzogenbuchsee is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.The population is 6,646 , counting the villages in the Oberaargau. The traditional name was Buchsi.- History :...

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Geography

Oberönz has an area of 3 km² (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 48.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.8% is forested. The rest of the land, (13.7%) is settled.

Demographics

Before the merger, Oberönz has a population of 941. , 11.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.2%. Most of the population speaks German (90.8%), with Turkish being second most common (3.6%) and Albanian being third (2.3%).

In the 2007 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 35.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

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 (25.7%), the FDP

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

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 (14.5%) and the Green Party

Green Party of Switzerland

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 (7.1%).

The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.9%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Oberönz about 76.7% 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

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Oberönz had an unemployment rate of 1.46%. , there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 187 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 39 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1764	254
1850	385
1900	327
1950	403
2000	880