Langendorf, Switzerland
Encyclopedia
Langendorf is a municipality
in the Swiss
canton
of Solothurn
, located in the district of Lebern
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 33.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 25.9% is used for growing crops and 13.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Lebern district. Originally it was a linear village
on both sides of the Wildbach river. Today it is part of the agglomeration of Solothurn
.
The municipalities of Biberist
, Derendingen
, Luterbach
, Bellach
, Langendorf and Solothurn are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality of with an, , undetermined name.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules an Owl displayed Argent holding in beak on a strap an escutcheon Gules a Cross couped Argent (Switzerland) standing on a Cannon Pipe Or mouth to dexter inscribed "VORWÄRTS" of the first.
Most of the population speaks German
(3,136 or 92.2%), with Italian
being second most common (96 or 2.8%) and French
being third (31 or 0.9%). There are 4 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population was made up of 1,437 Swiss men (40.3% of the population) and 278 (7.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,626 Swiss women (45.6%) and 227 (6.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 766 or about 22.5% were born in Langendorf and lived there in 2000. There were 1,206 or 35.5% who were born in the same canton, while 889 or 26.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 417 or 12.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 23 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 40 deaths of Swiss citizens and 3 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 17 while the foreign population increased by 2. There were 11 Swiss men and 6 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 9 non-Swiss men and 6 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 an increase of 16 and the non-Swiss population increased by 8 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.7%.
The age distribution, , in Langendorf is; 238 children or 7.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 464 teenagers or 13.6% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 181 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 969 people or 28.5% are between 25 and 44, and 846 people or 24.9% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 500 people or 14.7% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 202 people or 5.9% who are over 80.
, there were 1,304 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,655 married individuals, 248 widows or widowers and 193 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 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 48.4% 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 1,514 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 520 households that consist of only one person and 62 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,539 households that answered this question, 33.8% were households made up of just one person and there were 13 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 486 married couples without children, 392 married couples with children There were 89 single parents with a child or children. There were 14 households that were made up of unrelated people and 25 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 465 single family homes (or 62.2% of the total) out of a total of 748 inhabited buildings. There were 201 multi-family buildings (26.9%), along with 49 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (6.6%) and 33 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.4%). Of the single family homes 15 were built before 1919, while 56 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (96) were built between 1946 and 1960.
there were 1,606 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 502. There were 62 single room apartments and 497 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,485 apartments (92.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 53 apartments (3.3%) were seasonally occupied and 68 apartments (4.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.05%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the FDP
which received 25.65% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(23.89%), the CVP
(18.13%) and the SVP
(18.08%). In the federal election, a total of 1,358 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 53.2%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 1,057. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 4, of which 3 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 293 of which 239 or (81.6%) were in manufacturing and 54 (18.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 760. In the tertiary sector; 236 or 31.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 45 or 5.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 36 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 17 or 2.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 58 or 7.6% were in education and 182 or 23.9% were in health care.
, there were 861 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,399 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 19.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 52.8% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 31 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.91% of the population), there were 25 individuals (or about 0.74% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 57 individuals (or about 1.68% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 83 (or about 2.44% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 558 (or about 16.41% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 86 individuals (or about 2.53% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 507 who completed tertiary schooling, 67.7% were Swiss men, 21.5% were Swiss women, 8.1% were non-Swiss men and 2.8% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 232 students in the Langendorf school system. The education system
in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten
. During that school year, there were 57 children in kindergarten. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In the municipality there were 167 students in primary school and 8 students in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. All the lower secondary students from Langendorf attend their school in a neighboring municipality.
, there were 221 students in Langendorf who came from another municipality, while 113 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 Swiss
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....
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 Solothurn
Canton of Solothurn
Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.-History:The territory of the canton comprises land acquired by the capital...
, located in the district of Lebern
Lebern (district)
Lebern District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, situated to the west of the canton. Together with the city of Solothurn, it forms the Amtei of Solothurn-Lebern...
.
Geography
Langendorf has an area, , of 1.93 square kilometre (0.745177166083593 sq mi). Of this area, 0.77 km² (0.297298662116252 sq mi) or 39.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.22 km² (0.0849424748903577 sq mi) or 11.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.95 km² (0.366797050662908 sq mi) or 49.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 33.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 25.9% is used for growing crops and 13.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Lebern district. Originally it was a 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....
on both sides of the Wildbach river. Today it is part of the agglomeration of Solothurn
Solothurn
The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The city also comprises the only municipality of the district of the same name.-Pre-roman settlement:...
.
The municipalities of Biberist
Biberist
Biberist is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.-History:Biberist is first mentioned in 762 as als Biberussa. In 1300 Ober- and Unterbiberist were mentioned as ze beiden Biberschon....
, Derendingen
Derendingen
Derendingen may refer to the following places:*Derendingen, Switzerland, in the Canton of Solothurn*Derendingen, Germany, a part of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg...
, Luterbach
Luterbach
Luterbach is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.-History:Luterbach is first mentioned in 1052 as lutere Bach, though this identification is disputed. In 1319 it was mentioned as ville Luterbach....
, Bellach
Bellach
Bellach is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.-History:Bellach is first mentioned in 1294 as Bella. In 1307 it was mentioned as Bellacho.-Geography:...
, Langendorf and Solothurn are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality of with an, , undetermined name.
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 Gules an Owl displayed Argent holding in beak on a strap an escutcheon Gules a Cross couped Argent (Switzerland) standing on a Cannon Pipe Or mouth to dexter inscribed "VORWÄRTS" of the first.
Demographics
Langendorf has a population of . , 13.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.2%.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....
(3,136 or 92.2%), with Italian
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 (96 or 2.8%) and 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...
being third (31 or 0.9%). There are 4 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population was made up of 1,437 Swiss men (40.3% of the population) and 278 (7.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,626 Swiss women (45.6%) and 227 (6.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 766 or about 22.5% were born in Langendorf and lived there in 2000. There were 1,206 or 35.5% who were born in the same canton, while 889 or 26.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 417 or 12.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 23 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 40 deaths of Swiss citizens and 3 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 17 while the foreign population increased by 2. There were 11 Swiss men and 6 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 9 non-Swiss men and 6 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 an increase of 16 and the non-Swiss population increased by 8 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.7%.
The age distribution, , in Langendorf is; 238 children or 7.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 464 teenagers or 13.6% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 181 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 969 people or 28.5% are between 25 and 44, and 846 people or 24.9% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 500 people or 14.7% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 202 people or 5.9% who are over 80.
, there were 1,304 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,655 married individuals, 248 widows or widowers and 193 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 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 48.4% 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 1,514 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 520 households that consist of only one person and 62 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,539 households that answered this question, 33.8% were households made up of just one person and there were 13 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 486 married couples without children, 392 married couples with children There were 89 single parents with a child or children. There were 14 households that were made up of unrelated people and 25 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 465 single family homes (or 62.2% of the total) out of a total of 748 inhabited buildings. There were 201 multi-family buildings (26.9%), along with 49 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (6.6%) and 33 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.4%). Of the single family homes 15 were built before 1919, while 56 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (96) were built between 1946 and 1960.
there were 1,606 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 502. There were 62 single room apartments and 497 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,485 apartments (92.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 53 apartments (3.3%) were seasonally occupied and 68 apartments (4.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.05%.
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 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....
which received 25.65% 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....
(23.89%), the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(18.13%) and 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...
(18.08%). 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 53.2%.
Economy
, Langendorf had an unemployment rate of 2.5%. , there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 310 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 24 businesses in this sector. 1,312 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 96 businesses in this sector. There were 1,732 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
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 1,057. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 4, of which 3 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 293 of which 239 or (81.6%) were in manufacturing and 54 (18.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 760. In the tertiary sector; 236 or 31.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 45 or 5.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 36 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 17 or 2.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 58 or 7.6% were in education and 182 or 23.9% were in health care.
, there were 861 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,399 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 19.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 52.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,291 or 38.0% were Roman Catholic, while 1,263 or 37.1% 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 31 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 0.91% of the population), there were 25 individuals (or about 0.74% 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 57 individuals (or about 1.68% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 83 (or about 2.44% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There were 2 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...
and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 558 (or about 16.41% 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 86 individuals (or about 2.53% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Langendorf about 1,434 or (42.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 507 or (14.9%) 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 507 who completed tertiary schooling, 67.7% were Swiss men, 21.5% were Swiss women, 8.1% were non-Swiss men and 2.8% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 232 students in the Langendorf school system. The education system
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
. During that school year, there were 57 children in kindergarten. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In the municipality there were 167 students in primary school and 8 students in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. All the lower secondary students from Langendorf attend their school in a neighboring municipality.
, there were 221 students in Langendorf who came from another municipality, while 113 residents attended schools outside the municipality.