Inkwil is a

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in the Oberaargau administrative district in the

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of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Inkwil is first mentioned in 1262 as ''Inchwile''.

Geography

Inkwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.9% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. 35.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 37.5% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. It is divided into three sections; Dorf, Vorstatt and Station.

Demographics

Inkwil has a population (as of ) of . , 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.0%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (29.8%), the FDP (13.7%) and the

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(5.4%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15%. About 82.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Inkwil has an unemployment rate of 1.64%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 69 people are employed in the

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and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 20 people are employed in the

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, with 10 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 21-Jul-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

Heritage sites of national significance

It is home to the Inkwilersee Insel prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. In 2011, 111 sites located various ...

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.UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
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