Bollodingen


Bollodingen is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Bettenhausen.

History

Bollodingen is first mentioned in 1266 as Bolathingen.

Geography

Bollodingen has an area,, of. Of this area, or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% is settled, or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. 30.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 18.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
The municipality is located in the Önz valley.

Demographics

Bollodingen has a population of 205. , 3.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.6%. Most of the population speaks German , with French being second most common and English being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the local small left-wing parties.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 26.4% of the population, while adults make up 59.9% and seniors make up 13.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bollodingen about 84.6% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Bollodingen has an unemployment rate of 0.93%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 36 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 5 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
1764172
1850274
1900239
1950236
2000212