Bubendorf
Encyclopedia
Bubendorf is a municipality
in the district of Liestal
in the canton
of Basel-Country
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.1% is used for growing crops and 21.0% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Liestal district, at the entrance to the Reigoldswiler valley. It consists of the linear village
of Bubendorf.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per bend dentilly Sable and Argent.
Most of the population speaks German
(3,925 or 92.1%), with Italian language
being second most common (77 or 1.8%) and Albanian
being third (61 or 1.4%). There are 30 people who speak French
and 2 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.7% male and 49.3% female. The population was made up of 3,807 Swiss citizens (86.3% of the population), and 603 non-Swiss residents (13.7%) Of the population in the municipality 1,081 or about 25.4% were born in Bubendorf and lived there in 2000. There were 1,300 or 30.5% who were born in the same canton, while 1,179 or 27.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 572 or 13.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 35 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 21 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 14 while the foreign population increased by 3. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 9 non-Swiss men and 7 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 8 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people. This represents a population growth rate of -0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Bubendorf is; 256 children or 5.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 807 teenagers or 18.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 528 people or 12.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 459 people or 10.4% are between 30 and 39, 803 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 944 people or 21.4% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 445 people or 10.1% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 168 people or 3.8% who are over 80.
, there were 1,819 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,161 married individuals, 140 widows or widowers and 142 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 63.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 1,563 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 349 households that consist of only one person and 163 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,592 households that answered this question, 21.9% were households made up of just one person and 11 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 451 married couples without children, 661 married couples with children There were 74 single parents with a child or children. There were 17 households that were made up unrelated people and 29 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 836 single family homes (or 76.7% of the total) out of a total of 1,090 inhabited buildings. There were 134 multi-family buildings (12.3%), along with 83 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.6%) and 37 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 58 were built before 1919, while 273 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (208) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 1,648 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 506. There were 42 single room apartments and 756 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,512 apartments (91.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 101 apartments (6.1%) were seasonally occupied and 35 apartments (2.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 12.5 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 836.00 CHF (US$670, £380, €540), a three room apartment was about 1095.00 CHF (US$880, £490, €700) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1403.00 CHF (US$1120, £630, €900). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.96%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
.
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 29.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(24.86%), the FDP
(17.24%) and the Green Party
(13.94%). In the federal election, a total of 1,557 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 52.5%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 2,024. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 28 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,287, of which 970 or (75.4%) were in manufacturing and 300 (23.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 705. In the tertiary sector; 283 or 40.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 47 or 6.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 113 or 16.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 15 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 11 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 42 or 6.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 32 or 4.5% were in education and 93 or 13.2% were in health care.
, there were 1,424 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,590 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 9.3% of the workforce coming into Bubendorf are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 24.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 43.9% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 11 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.26% of the population), there were 6 individuals (or about 0.14% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 154 individuals (or about 3.61% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
, and 141 (or about 3.31% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 10 individuals who were Buddhist
, 26 individuals who were Hindu
and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 442 (or about 10.37% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 144 individuals (or about 3.38% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 586 who completed tertiary schooling, 65.9% were Swiss men, 22.5% were Swiss women, 7.7% were non-Swiss men and 3.9% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 12 students in Bubendorf who came from another municipality, while 355 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Liestal
Liestal (district)
Liestal District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. The city of Liestal serves as capital of both the district of Liestal and the canton of Basel-Country. It has a population of ....
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Basel-Country
Basel-Country
Basel-Landschaft , is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Geography
Bubendorf has an area, , of 10.8 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi). Of this area, 4.12 km² (1.6 sq mi) or 38.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.98 km² (1.9 sq mi) or 46.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.61 km² (0.621624475333981 sq mi) or 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km² (27.2 acre) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.1% is used for growing crops and 21.0% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Liestal district, at the entrance to the Reigoldswiler valley. It consists of the linear village
Linear village
In geography, a linear village, or linear settlement, is a small to medium-sized settlement that is formed around a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Wraysbury, a village in Berkshire, is one of the longest villages in England....
of Bubendorf.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Per bend dentilly Sable and Argent.
Demographics
Bubendorf has a population of . , 12.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.2%.Most of the population speaks German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(3,925 or 92.1%), with Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
being second most common (77 or 1.8%) and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
being third (61 or 1.4%). There are 30 people who speak French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and 2 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.7% male and 49.3% female. The population was made up of 3,807 Swiss citizens (86.3% of the population), and 603 non-Swiss residents (13.7%) Of the population in the municipality 1,081 or about 25.4% were born in Bubendorf and lived there in 2000. There were 1,300 or 30.5% who were born in the same canton, while 1,179 or 27.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 572 or 13.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 35 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 21 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 14 while the foreign population increased by 3. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 9 non-Swiss men and 7 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 8 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people. This represents a population growth rate of -0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Bubendorf is; 256 children or 5.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 807 teenagers or 18.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 528 people or 12.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 459 people or 10.4% are between 30 and 39, 803 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 944 people or 21.4% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 445 people or 10.1% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 168 people or 3.8% who are over 80.
, there were 1,819 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,161 married individuals, 140 widows or widowers and 142 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 63.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 1,563 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 349 households that consist of only one person and 163 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,592 households that answered this question, 21.9% were households made up of just one person and 11 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 451 married couples without children, 661 married couples with children There were 74 single parents with a child or children. There were 17 households that were made up unrelated people and 29 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 836 single family homes (or 76.7% of the total) out of a total of 1,090 inhabited buildings. There were 134 multi-family buildings (12.3%), along with 83 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.6%) and 37 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 58 were built before 1919, while 273 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (208) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 1,648 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 506. There were 42 single room apartments and 756 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,512 apartments (91.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 101 apartments (6.1%) were seasonally occupied and 35 apartments (2.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 12.5 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 836.00 CHF (US$670, £380, €540), a three room apartment was about 1095.00 CHF (US$880, £490, €700) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1403.00 CHF (US$1120, £630, €900). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.96%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Heritage sites of national significance
Wildenstein CastleWildenstein Castle
Wildenstein Castle may refer to the following castles;* Wildenstein Castle in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft* Wildenstein Castle in the Canton of Aargau...
is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
.
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 29.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(24.86%), the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(17.24%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(13.94%). In the federal election, a total of 1,557 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 52.5%.
Economy
, Bubendorf had an unemployment rate of 1.65%. , there were 59 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 1,108 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 56 businesses in this sector. 710 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 121 businesses in this sector. There were 2,150 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 2,024. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 28 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,287, of which 970 or (75.4%) were in manufacturing and 300 (23.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 705. In the tertiary sector; 283 or 40.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 47 or 6.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 113 or 16.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 15 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 11 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 42 or 6.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 32 or 4.5% were in education and 93 or 13.2% were in health care.
, there were 1,424 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,590 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 9.3% of the workforce coming into Bubendorf are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 24.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 43.9% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 844 or 19.8% were Roman Catholic, while 2,480 or 58.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 11 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.26% of the population), there were 6 individuals (or about 0.14% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 154 individuals (or about 3.61% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 141 (or about 3.31% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 10 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, 26 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 442 (or about 10.37% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 144 individuals (or about 3.38% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Bubendorf about 1,632 or (38.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 586 or (13.7%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 586 who completed tertiary schooling, 65.9% were Swiss men, 22.5% were Swiss women, 7.7% were non-Swiss men and 3.9% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 12 students in Bubendorf who came from another municipality, while 355 residents attended schools outside the municipality.