Tscheppach
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Tscheppach is a municipality
in the district of Bucheggberg
, in the canton of Solothurn
, Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 38.6% is used for growing crops and 19.0% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Or a Bar wavy Azure between three Quatrefoil Roses Gules with the Core Argent barbed and seeded proper.
Most of the population speaks German
(188 or 98.9%) with the rest speaking Italian
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.6% male and 48.4% female. The population was made up of 96 Swiss men (50.0% of the population) and 3 (1.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 92 Swiss women (47.9%) and 1 (0.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 71 or about 37.4% were born in Tscheppach and lived there in 2000. There were 47 or 24.7% who were born in the same canton, while 51 or 26.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 17 or 8.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 1 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.0%.
The age distribution, , in Tscheppach is; 13 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 24 teenagers or 12.6% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 11 people or 5.8% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 64 people or 33.7% are between 25 and 44, and 61 people or 32.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 7.4% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 3 people or 1.6% who are over 80.
, there were 71 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 104 married individuals, 6 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 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 65.3% 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 75 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 16 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 75 households that answered this question, 21.3% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 26 married couples without children, 30 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people.
there were 33 single family homes (or 55.0% of the total) out of a total of 60 inhabited buildings. There were 7 multi-family buildings (11.7%), along with 17 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.3%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.0%). Of the single family homes 3 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (9) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 76 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 36. There were single room apartments and 21 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 75 apartments (98.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartments (1.3%) were seasonally occupied. , 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 SVP
which received 37.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(29.69%), the SP
(13.54%) and the CVP
(11.46%). In the federal election, a total of 84 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 56.0%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 43. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 9, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 13 of which 8 or (61.5%) were in manufacturing and 5 (38.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 21. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 23.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 28.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education and 8 or 38.1% were in health care.
, there were 17 workers who commuted into the municipality and 86 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.7% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church
who belonged, there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 3 individuals (or about 1.58% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were There was 1 person who was Buddhist
. 39 (or about 20.53% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 3 individuals (or about 1.58% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 26 who completed tertiary schooling, 69.2% were Swiss men, 23.1% were Swiss women.
, there were 13 students in Tscheppach who came from another municipality, while 19 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....
.
Geography
Tscheppach has an area, , of 1.84 square kilometre (0.710427971810264 sq mi). Of this area, 1.08 km² (0.416990331279938 sq mi) or 58.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.6 km² (0.231661295155521 sq mi) or 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.15 km² (37.1 acre) or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 38.6% is used for growing crops and 19.0% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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 Or a Bar wavy Azure between three Quatrefoil Roses Gules with the Core Argent barbed and seeded proper.
Demographics
Tscheppach has a population of . , 5.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 4.3%.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....
(188 or 98.9%) with the rest speaking 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...
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.6% male and 48.4% female. The population was made up of 96 Swiss men (50.0% of the population) and 3 (1.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 92 Swiss women (47.9%) and 1 (0.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 71 or about 37.4% were born in Tscheppach and lived there in 2000. There were 47 or 24.7% who were born in the same canton, while 51 or 26.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 17 or 8.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 1 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.0%.
The age distribution, , in Tscheppach is; 13 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 24 teenagers or 12.6% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 11 people or 5.8% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 64 people or 33.7% are between 25 and 44, and 61 people or 32.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 7.4% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 3 people or 1.6% who are over 80.
, there were 71 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 104 married individuals, 6 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 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 65.3% 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 75 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 16 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 75 households that answered this question, 21.3% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 26 married couples without children, 30 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people.
there were 33 single family homes (or 55.0% of the total) out of a total of 60 inhabited buildings. There were 7 multi-family buildings (11.7%), along with 17 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (28.3%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.0%). Of the single family homes 3 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (9) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 76 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 36. There were single room apartments and 21 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 75 apartments (98.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartments (1.3%) were seasonally occupied. , 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 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 37.5% 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....
(29.69%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(13.54%) and 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...
(11.46%). In the federal election, a total of 84 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 56.0%.
Economy
, Tscheppach had an unemployment rate of 3.8%. , there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 37 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. There were 114 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% 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 43. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 9, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 13 of which 8 or (61.5%) were in manufacturing and 5 (38.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 21. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 23.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 28.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education and 8 or 38.1% were in health care.
, there were 17 workers who commuted into the municipality and 86 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.7% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 17 or 8.9% were Roman Catholic, while 125 or 65.8% 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 was 1 member of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
who belonged, there was 1 individual who belongs 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 3 individuals (or about 1.58% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were There was 1 person who was 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...
. 39 (or about 20.53% 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 3 individuals (or about 1.58% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Tscheppach about 88 or (46.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 26 or (13.7%) 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 26 who completed tertiary schooling, 69.2% were Swiss men, 23.1% were Swiss women.
, there were 13 students in Tscheppach who came from another municipality, while 19 residents attended schools outside the municipality.