Kleindietwil is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Oberaargau administrative district in the
canton of
Bern
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in
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and
Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of
Madiswil.
[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
Geography
Before merging with Madiswil in 2011, Kleindietwil had an area of . Of this area, was used for agricultural purposes, while is forested. Of the rest of the land, was developed, were rivers or lakes, and was unproductive land.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the developed land, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. 28.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.1% is used for growing crops and 30.2% is pastures, while 3.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
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Demographics
As of 31 December 2010, Kleindietwil has a population of 495.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB](_blank)
, online database – ''Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung'' accessed 29 September , 0.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.3%. As of 2000, most of the population speaks German (95.3%), as well as Albanian (2.4%) and French (0.6%).
In the 2007 election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.1%), the Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice.
Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
(12.5%) and the FDP (10.5%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) made up 28.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.9% and the seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.6%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Kleindietwil about 78.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a ''Fachhochschule
A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
'').
Kleindietwil has an unemployment rate of 0.75%. , there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 29 people are 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 constructi ...
and there are 10 businesses in this sector. 126 people are 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 ...
, with 19 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 29-May-2009
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References
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Former municipalities of the canton of Bern