Rumendingen is a
municipality
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in the administrative district of
Emmental in the
canton
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of
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Switzerland
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History
Rumendingen is first mentioned in 886 as ''Rumaningun''.
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For much of its history Rumendingen was part of the ]jurisdiction
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and municipality of Niederösch. It shared fields with Wynigen on the border between the two villages. In 1660, the shared land became a source of conflict between them. Over a century later, in 1777, the fields were finally divided between the communities. Until 1953 the residents of the village were part of the parish of Kirchberg, when they joined the Wynigen parish. Beginning in the 19th century, Rumendingen was part of the Wynigen school district.[
During the early 20th century, the local economy remained dominated by agriculture. From 1941 until 1965 it was home to a freight warehousing business. A small gravel mine opened in 1963 and provided some jobs for the residents. The Karolinenheim was donated to the community in 1914 and is now a home and workshop for mentally handicapped youth.][
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Geography
Rumendingen has an area of . Of this area, or 60.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[
The municipality is located in the Känerich valley.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Burgdorf, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Emmental.]
accessed 4 April 2011
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Per bend Gules and Argent two Trefoils counterchanged.''
Demographics
Rumendingen has a population () of . , 1.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Statistical office of the Canton of Bern]
accessed 4 January 2012 Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of -17.7%. Migration accounted for -16.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.1%.
accessed 21-September-2012French
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and Spanish both have one native speaker.[
, the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female. The population was made up of 40 Swiss men (50.6% of the population) and 1 (1.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 38 Swiss women (48.1%) and (0.0%) non-Swiss women.][
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 16.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 24.1%.][
, there were 78 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 48 married individuals, 5 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 8 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. , a total of 35 apartments (94.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (5.4%) were seasonally occupied.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.88%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire village of Rumendingen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
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Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 66% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (16.9%), and the Green Liberal Party (GLP) (6%). In the federal election, a total of 44 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 68.8%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election]
accessed 8 May 2012
Economy
, Rumendingen had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were a total of 96 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 21 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 47 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.[
there were a total of 71 ]full-time equivalent
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jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 19, all in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 19, all in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 33 all of which were in health care.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3
accessed 28 January 2011
, there were 48 workers who commuted into the municipality and 24 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.0 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 6.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 18.9% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 8 or 5.9% were Roman Catholic, while 124 or 91.2% 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 ...
. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
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, and 3 (or about 2.21% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist
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Education
In Rumendingen about 42 or (30.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education
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, and 18 or (13.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 18 who completed tertiary schooling, 72.2% were Swiss men, 27.8% were Swiss women.[
During the 2010-11 school year, there were no students attending school in Rumendingen.][Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf document]
accessed 4 January 2012
, there were 2 students in Rumendingen who came from another municipality, while 12 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
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References
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