Heinrichswil-Winistorf

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Heinrichswil-Winistorf
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms of Heinrichswil-Winistorf
Coat of arms
Location of Heinrichswil-Winistorf
Heinrichswil-Winistorf is located in Switzerland
Heinrichswil-Winistorf
Heinrichswil-Winistorf
Coordinates: 47°9′N 7°38′E / 47.150°N 7.633°E / 47.150; 7.633Coordinates: 47°9′N 7°38′E / 47.150°N 7.633°E / 47.150; 7.633
CountrySwitzerland
CantonSolothurn
DistrictWasseramt
Area
 • Total3.10 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Elevation
475 m (1,558 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2011)
 • Total530
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
4558
SFOS number2521
Surrounded byAeschi, Halten, Hellsau (BE), Hersiwil, Höchstetten (BE), Recherswil, Seeberg (BE), Willadingen (BE)
Website
SFSO statistics

Heinrichswil-Winistorf is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The municipality was formed from the 1993 union of Heinrichswil and Winistorf.[1] On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Heinrichswil-Winistorf and Hersiwil merged to form the new municipality of Drei Höfe.[1]

History[]

Heinrichswil is first mentioned in 1317 as Cristan von Heinrichswile. It formed a double municipality with Heriswil until 1798, and until 1854 it was part of the triple municipality of Heinrichswil-Hersiwil-Winistorf.[2]

Geography[]

Heinrichswil-Winistorf had an area, as of 2009, of 3.13 square kilometers (1.21 sq mi). Of this area, 1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi) or 50.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) or 40.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads).[3]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.5% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures, while 3.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.[3]

The former municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, on a hill built up from a moraine on the road between Halten and Seeberg. It consists of the villages of Heinrichswil and Winistorf.

Coat of arms[]

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Chevrony of four Vert and Argent overall on a Pale Sable a Corn Ear Or.[4]

Demographics[]

Heinrichswil-Winistorf had a population (as of 2011) of 530.[5] As of 2008, 4.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[6] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.3%. It has changed at a rate of 6.1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.6% due to births and deaths.[7]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (516 or 97.7%), with Italian being second most common (2 or 0.4%) and English being third (2 or 0.4%). There is 1 person who speaks French.[8]

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. The population was made up of 273 Swiss men (48.7% of the population) and 12 (2.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 266 Swiss women (47.4%) and 10 (1.8%) non-Swiss women.[9] Of the population in the municipality 169 or about 32.0% were born in Heinrichswil-Winistorf and lived there in 2000. There were 146 or 27.7% who were born in the same canton, while 176 or 33.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 31 or 5.9% were born outside of Switzerland.[8]

In 2008 there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 6 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 7 and the non-Swiss population increased by 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.5%.[6]

The age distribution, as of 2000, in Heinrichswil-Winistorf is; 34 children or 6.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 117 teenagers or 22.2% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 16 people or 3.0% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 165 people or 31.3% are between 25 and 44, and 138 people or 26.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 44 people or 8.3% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 14 people or 2.7% who are over 80.[10]

As of 2000, there were 215 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 269 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 22 individuals who are divorced.[8]

As of 2000, there were 194 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.[7] There were 33 households that consist of only one person and 21 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 196 households that answered this question, 16.8% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 73 married couples without children, 77 married couples with children There were 9 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[8]

In 2000 there were 112 single family homes (or 74.2% of the total) out of a total of 151 inhabited buildings. There were 19 multi-family buildings (12.6%), along with 17 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (11.3%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.0%). Of the single family homes 2 were built before 1919, while 24 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (29) were built between 1971 and 1980.[11]

In 2000 there were 185 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 66. There were 1 single room apartments and 107 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 178 apartments (96.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 4 apartments (2.2%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (1.6%) were empty.[11] As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 5.3 new units per 1000 residents.[7] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.97%.[7]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12]

Politics[]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 29.18% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (28.89%), the SP (15.96%) and the FDP (13.39%). In the federal election, a total of 255 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.4%.[13]

Economy[]

As of  2010, Heinrichswil-Winistorf had an unemployment rate of 2.9%. As of 2008, there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 7 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 23 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.[7] There were 278 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.

In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 37. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 5 of which 3 or (60.0%) were in manufacturing and 2 (40.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 16. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 18.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 3 or 18.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 37.5% were in education.[14]

In 2000, there were 31 workers who commuted into the municipality and 221 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[15] Of the working population, 6.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 69.1% used a private car.[7]

Religion[]

From the 2000 census, 176 or 33.3% were Roman Catholic, while 243 or 46.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church who belonged, there were 2 individuals (or about 0.38% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 14 individuals (or about 2.65% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 (or about 0.57% of the population) who were Islamic. There FALSE and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 85 (or about 16.10% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 3 individuals (or about 0.57% of the population) did not answer the question.[8]

Education[]

In Heinrichswil-Winistorf about 219 or (41.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 69 or (13.1%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 69 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.4% were Swiss men, 15.9% were Swiss women.[8]

As of 2000, there were 16 students in Heinrichswil-Winistorf who came from another municipality, while 49 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Heinrichswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  4. ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 13-April-2011
  5. ^ Canton Solothurn Statistical Office Archived 2011-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, MS Excel document – Bevölkerungsbestand nach Gemeinden 31.12.2011 (in German) accessed 29 May 2012
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Archived 2010-06-28 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13-April-2011
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 2 February 2011
  9. ^ Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Nationalität und Geschlecht Archived 2011-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 11 March 2011
  10. ^ Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung nach Gemeinden, Nationalität, Altersgruppen und Zivilstand, Total (Männer + Frauen) Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 11 March 2011
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  12. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 2014-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
  13. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Archived 2015-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
  14. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb (in German) accessed 24 June 2010

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