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Lüterkofen-Ichertswil
Lüterkofen-Ichertswil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bucheggberg (district), district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. It was formed in 1961 from the merger of the two previously independent municipalities of Lüterkofen and Ichertswil. History Lüterkofen is first mentioned in 1325 as ''in Luterkon''. Ichertswil is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Hisenharteswilare''. Geography Lüterkofen-Ichertswil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucheggberg (district)
Bucheggberg District is one of the ten districts of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the southwest of the canton. Together with the Wasseramt (district), Wasseramt District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Wasseramt-Bucheggberg. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Bucheggberg District contains the following municipalities: Mergers On 1 January 1961 the former municipalities of Lüterkofen and Ichertswil merged to form the new municipality of Lüterkofen-Ichertswil. On 1 January 1995 the former municipalities of Gächliwil and Lüterswil merged to form the new municipality of Lüterswil-Gächliwil.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brügglen
Brügglen is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bucheggberg (district), district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Brügglen, Tscheppach, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Mühledorf (SO), Küttigkofen, Kyburg-Buchegg merged into the new municipality of Buchegg.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 13 December 2014 History Brügglen is first mentioned in 1249 as ''Bruglon''.Geography Before the merger, Brügglen had a total area of . Of this area, or 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.8% is forested ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Küttigkofen
Küttigkofen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Küttigkofen, Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Mühledorf (SO), Kyburg-Buchegg merged into the new municipality of Buchegg.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 13 December 2014 History Küttigkofen is first mentioned in 1316 as ''obrenchúttenkouen''.Geography Before the merger, Küttigkofen had a total area of . Of this area, or 61.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.5% is forested. Of the rest of the lan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuzigen
Leuzigen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Seeland (administrative district), Seeland administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. The village is situated between the cities Biel/Bienne and Solothurn and borders on the river Aare. History Leuzigen is first mentioned in 1235 as ''Loxingen''. In 1270 it was mentioned as ''Loexigen''. In old documents, the village was referred to as Loichfingen (1224), Loenzingen (1522) und Leutzigen (1661) and Leuzingen. Archaeological excavations in the late 19th and early 20th century suggested that the area in and around Leuzigen was already populated by Celts and Ancient Rome, Romans more than 2000 years ago. In Roman times, the strategically important road connecting Avanches and Solothurn crossed present-day Leuzigen close to the old railway line. In the Middle Ages, monks founded a priory on the site where the village church is now. In 1662, a school building m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lohn-Ammannsegg
Lohn-Ammannsegg is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The municipality was formed in 1993 when Lohn and Ammannsegg united. History Lohn is first mentioned in 1260 as ''Lon''. Ammannsegg is first mentioned in 1261 as ''Amalzeich''. The ''Einwohnergemeinden'' of Lohn and Ammannsegg merged in 1993 to form the new political municipality Lohn-Ammannsegg. However, the '' Bürgergemeinden'' of the two former municipalities have remained separate.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011 Geography Lohn-Ammannsegg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.7% is for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüsslingen
Lüsslingen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013, Lüsslingen and Nennigkofen merged to form Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 History Lüsslingen is first mentioned in 1251 as ''in Luslingen''.Geography 
Lüsslingen had an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2 ...
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Nennigkofen
Nennigkofen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013, Lüsslingen and Nennigkofen merged to form Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 History Nennigkofen is first mentioned in 1392 as ''Nennikofen'' or ''Nennikoven''.Geography 
Nennigkofen had an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.0% ...
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Tscheppach
Tscheppach is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Mühledorf (SO), Küttigkofen, Kyburg-Buchegg merged into the new municipality of Buchegg.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 13 December 2014 Geography Before the merger, Tscheppach had a total area of . Of this area, or 58.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primary Sector Of The Economy
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries. For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa but less than 1% of GDP in North America. In developed countries the primary sector has become more technologically advanced, enabling for example the mechanization of farming, as compared with lower-tech methods in poorer countries. More developed economies may invest additional capital in primary means of production: for example, in the United States corn belt, combine harvesters pick the corn, and sprayers spray large amounts of insecticides, herbicides and fungicide Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores. Fungi can cause serious d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number of votes in the 2023 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second-largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, positioning itself at the Centre-left politics, centre-left. Currently, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and Beat Jans represent the party. As of January 2024, the SP is the second-largest political party in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly. Amongst all Pro-Europeanism, pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Party Of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland (; ; ; ) is a green political party in Switzerland. It is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council. History The first Green party in Switzerland, MPE, was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuchâtel. In 1979, Daniel Brélaz was elected to the National Council as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and cantons in the following years. In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the ''Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland'', and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the ''Green Alternative Party of Switzerland'' in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations failed. Afterward, some of the membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voter Turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of Voter registration, registered voters, Suffrage, eligible voters, or all Voting age, voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates.Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin"The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970. For example, simpler parliamentary democracies where voters get shorter ballots, fewer elections, and a multi-party system that makes accountability easier see much higher turnout than the systems of the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Significance Some parts of society are more likely to vote than others. As turnou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
