Füllinsdorf
Encyclopedia
Füllinsdorf 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 5.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.0% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 29.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.4% is used for growing crops and 12.4% is pastures, while 7.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Liestal district. The old village was built on the hillside above the Ergolz valley. In the 17th and 18th Centuries, the industrial settlement of Niederschönthal grew up along the left bank of the Ergolz
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Azure, a Horse salient Argent langued, hoofed and vilené Or.
Most of the population speaks German
(3,562 or 85.5%), with Italian language
being second most common (143 or 3.4%) and Turkish
being third (75 or 1.8%). There are 56 people who speak French
and 3 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 3,291 Swiss citizens (75.4% of the population), and 1,072 non-Swiss residents (24.6%) Of the population in the municipality 700 or about 16.8% were born in Füllinsdorf and lived there in 2000. There were 1,031 or 24.8% who were born in the same canton, while 1,251 or 30.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,063 or 25.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 24 live births to Swiss citizens and 15 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 18 deaths of Swiss citizens and 3 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 6 while the foreign population increased by 12. There were 7 Swiss men and 4 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 13 non-Swiss men and 24 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 6 and the non-Swiss population increased by 20 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%.
The age distribution, , in Füllinsdorf is; 285 children or 6.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 510 teenagers or 11.7% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 535 people or 12.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 513 people or 11.8% are between 30 and 39, 618 people or 14.2% are between 40 and 49, and 941 people or 21.6% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 712 people or 16.3% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 249 people or 5.7% who are over 80.
, there were 1,498 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,195 married individuals, 220 widows or widowers and 251 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 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 51% 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 1,819 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 556 households that consist of only one person and 83 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,852 households that answered this question, 30.0% were households made up of just one person and 9 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 633 married couples without children, 508 married couples with children There were 97 single parents with a child or children. There were 16 households that were made up unrelated people and 33 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 692 single family homes (or 74.9% of the total) out of a total of 924 inhabited buildings. There were 142 multi-family buildings (15.4%), along with 59 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (6.4%) and 31 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 25 were built before 1919, while 68 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (174) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 1,966 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 534. There were 61 single room apartments and 627 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,785 apartments (90.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 131 apartments (6.7%) were seasonally occupied and 50 apartments (2.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.9 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 783.00 CHF (US$630, £350, €500), a three room apartment was about 976.00 CHF (US$780, £440, €620) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1194.00 CHF (US$960, £540, €760). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.22%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 31.45% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(24.05%), the SP
(23.1%) and the Green Party
(9.8%). In the federal election, a total of 1,358 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 48.1%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,549. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 52, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 466, of which 271 or (58.2%) were in manufacturing and 179 (38.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1,031. In the tertiary sector; 375 or 36.4% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 64 or 6.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 49 or 4.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 14 or 1.4% were in the information industry, 40 or 3.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 258 or 25.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 25 or 2.4% were in education and 85 or 8.2% were in health care.
, there were 1,486 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,795 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 11.0% of the workforce coming into Füllinsdorf are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 23.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 49.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 96 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 2.31% of the population), there were 13 individuals (or about 0.31% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 142 individuals (or about 3.41% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 322 (or about 7.73% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 17 individuals who were Buddhist
, 12 individuals who were Hindu
and 9 individuals who belonged to another church. 523 (or about 12.56% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 118 individuals (or about 2.83% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 641 who completed tertiary schooling, 64.3% were Swiss men, 20.9% were Swiss women, 10.5% were non-Swiss men and 4.4% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 44 students in Füllinsdorf who came from another municipality, while 247 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....
.
History
Füllinsdorf is first mentioned in 825 as Firinisvilla. In 1225-26 it was mentioned as Vilistorf.Geography
Füllinsdorf has an area, , of 4.61 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi). Of this area, 1.71 km² (0.660234691193235 sq mi) or 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.49 km² (0.575292216302877 sq mi) or 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4 km² (0.540543022029549 sq mi) or 30.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.0% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 29.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.4% is used for growing crops and 12.4% is pastures, while 7.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Liestal district. The old village was built on the hillside above the Ergolz valley. In the 17th and 18th Centuries, the industrial settlement of Niederschönthal grew up along the left bank of the Ergolz
Ergolz
left|thumb|Source of the Ergolz in [[Oltingen]]The Ergolz is the main river in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It rises on Mount Geisflue in the Faltenjura mountains in the upper region of Basel-Landschaft, on the border with Aargau and Solothurn, and joins the Rhine at Augst...
.
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 Azure, a Horse salient Argent langued, hoofed and vilené Or.
Demographics
Füllinsdorf has a population of . , 23.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 3.6%.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....
(3,562 or 85.5%), 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 (143 or 3.4%) and Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
being third (75 or 1.8%). There are 56 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 3 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 3,291 Swiss citizens (75.4% of the population), and 1,072 non-Swiss residents (24.6%) Of the population in the municipality 700 or about 16.8% were born in Füllinsdorf and lived there in 2000. There were 1,031 or 24.8% who were born in the same canton, while 1,251 or 30.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,063 or 25.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 24 live births to Swiss citizens and 15 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 18 deaths of Swiss citizens and 3 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 6 while the foreign population increased by 12. There were 7 Swiss men and 4 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 13 non-Swiss men and 24 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 6 and the non-Swiss population increased by 20 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%.
The age distribution, , in Füllinsdorf is; 285 children or 6.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 510 teenagers or 11.7% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 535 people or 12.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 513 people or 11.8% are between 30 and 39, 618 people or 14.2% are between 40 and 49, and 941 people or 21.6% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 712 people or 16.3% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 249 people or 5.7% who are over 80.
, there were 1,498 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,195 married individuals, 220 widows or widowers and 251 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.55 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 51% 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 1,819 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 556 households that consist of only one person and 83 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,852 households that answered this question, 30.0% were households made up of just one person and 9 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 633 married couples without children, 508 married couples with children There were 97 single parents with a child or children. There were 16 households that were made up unrelated people and 33 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 692 single family homes (or 74.9% of the total) out of a total of 924 inhabited buildings. There were 142 multi-family buildings (15.4%), along with 59 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (6.4%) and 31 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 25 were built before 1919, while 68 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (174) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 1,966 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 534. There were 61 single room apartments and 627 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,785 apartments (90.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 131 apartments (6.7%) were seasonally occupied and 50 apartments (2.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.9 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 783.00 CHF (US$630, £350, €500), a three room apartment was about 976.00 CHF (US$780, £440, €620) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1194.00 CHF (US$960, £540, €760). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.22%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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 31.45% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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....
(24.05%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(23.1%) 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:...
(9.8%). In the federal election, a total of 1,358 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 48.1%.
Economy
, Füllinsdorf had an unemployment rate of 3.33%. , there were 102 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 505 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 41 businesses in this sector. 1,251 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 132 businesses in this sector. There were 2,178 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.0% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,549. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 52, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 466, of which 271 or (58.2%) were in manufacturing and 179 (38.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1,031. In the tertiary sector; 375 or 36.4% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 64 or 6.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 49 or 4.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 14 or 1.4% were in the information industry, 40 or 3.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 258 or 25.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 25 or 2.4% were in education and 85 or 8.2% were in health care.
, there were 1,486 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,795 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 11.0% of the workforce coming into Füllinsdorf are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 23.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 49.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,071 or 25.7% were Roman Catholic, while 1,837 or 44.1% 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 96 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 2.31% of the population), there were 13 individuals (or about 0.31% 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 142 individuals (or about 3.41% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 322 (or about 7.73% 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 17 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...
, 12 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 9 individuals who belonged to another church. 523 (or about 12.56% 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 118 individuals (or about 2.83% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Füllinsdorf about 1,683 or (40.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 641 or (15.4%) 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 641 who completed tertiary schooling, 64.3% were Swiss men, 20.9% were Swiss women, 10.5% were non-Swiss men and 4.4% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 44 students in Füllinsdorf who came from another municipality, while 247 residents attended schools outside the municipality.