Gossliwil is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
in the
district of Bucheggberg, in the
canton of Solothurn
The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (german: Kanton Solothurn rm, Chantun Soloturn french: Canton de Soleure; it, Canton Soletta) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.
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Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Gossliwil,
Tscheppach,
Brügglen
Brügglen is a former municipality in the 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, Müh ...
,
Aetingen
Aetingen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Aetingen, Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, ...
,
Aetigkofen
Aetigkofen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Aetigkofen, Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetingen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, ...
,
Bibern (SO),
Hessigkofen
Hessigkofen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Hessigkofen, Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Mü ...
,
Mühledorf (SO) There are communes that have the name Mühledorf in Switzerland:
* Mühledorf, Bern, in the Canton of Bern
*Mühledorf, Solothurn, in the Canton of Solothurn
The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (german: Kanton Solothurn rm, Chantun Sol ...
,
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, ...
,
Kyburg-Buchegg
Kyburg-Buchegg is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Kyburg-Buchegg, Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwi ...
merged into the new municipality of
Buchegg
Buchegg is a 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) ...
.
[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 13 December 2014
History
Gossliwil is first mentioned in 1246 as ''Gosseriswile''. In 1276 it was mentioned as ''Goselwyl''.
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Geography
Before the merger, Gossliwil had a total area of .[ Of this area, or 59.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads).]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.2% is used for growing crops and 17.5% is pastures.[
The former municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district, on a plateau near the source of the Biberenbach river.
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Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Gules a Garb Or issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert surrounded with three Cinquefoils of the second, one and two.''
Demographics
Gossliwil had a population (as of 2011) of 194.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 8 January 2014 , 1.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -1.5%.[
Most of the population () speaks ]German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
(183 or 97.3%), with Albanian being second most common (4 or 2.1%) and Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
being third (1 or 0.5%).[
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 96 Swiss men (49.2% of the population) and 1 (0.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 97 Swiss women (49.7%) and 1 (0.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 78 or about 41.5% were born in Gossliwil and lived there in 2000. There were 34 or 18.1% who were born in the same canton, while 65 or 34.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 8 or 4.3% were born outside of Switzerland.][
In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same and the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 4 and the non-Swiss population remained the same. This represents a ]population growth rate
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
of 2.0%.[
The age distribution, , in Gossliwil is; 22 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 25 teenagers or 13.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 10 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 60 people or 31.9% are between 25 and 44, and 39 people or 20.7% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 24 people or 12.8% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 8 people or 4.3% who are over 80.
, there were 79 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 94 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
there were 19 single family homes (or 35.2% of the total) out of a total of 54 inhabited buildings. There were 14 multi-family buildings (25.9%), along with 19 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (35.2%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.7%).[Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
there were 85 apartments in the municipality. Of these apartments, a total of 74 apartments (87.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (8.2%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (4.7%) were empty.[ , 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:]
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (24.39%), the CVP (15.16%) and the SP (11.89%). In the federal election, a total of 73 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Univ ...
was 49.3%.
Economy
, Gossliwil had an unemployment rate of 1.4%. , there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people were employed in the secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructio ...
and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 6 people were employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector ( raw materials) and the secon ...
, with 2 businesses in this sector.[ There were 97 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 19. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 2 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2. In the tertiary sector; both jobs were in a hotel or restaurant.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3
accessed 28 January 2011
, there were 4 workers who commuted into the municipality and 77 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 19.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 5.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.2% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 19 or 10.1% were Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
, while 133 or 70.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, and there were 3 individuals (or about 1.60% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 5 (or about 2.66% of the population) who were Islamic. 24 (or about 12.77% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 4 individuals (or about 2.13% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Gossliwil about 68 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education
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, and 27 or (14.4%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 27 who completed tertiary schooling, 70.4% were Swiss men, 29.6% were Swiss women.[
, there were 6 students in Gossliwil who came from another municipality, while 20 residents attended schools outside the municipality.][
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References
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