Liesberg
Encyclopedia
Liesberg is a municipality
in the district of Laufen
in the canton
of Basel-Country
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 49.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.6% is used for growing crops and 19.9% is pastures and 7.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district, along the Blauen mountains. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Liesberg and the hamlets
of Riederwald and Oberrüti and the industrial development of Liesberg-Station.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Azure, a Swan passant on Coupeaux of Six Gules issuant from two Fillets wavy Sable.
Most of the population speaks German
(1,069 or 93.0%), with Serbo-Croatian
being second most common (18 or 1.6%) and French
being third (17 or 1.5%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female. The population was made up of 1,085 Swiss citizens (89.4% of the population), and 129 non-Swiss residents (10.6%) Of the population in the municipality 572 or about 49.8% were born in Liesberg and lived there in 2000. There were 134 or 11.7% who were born in the same canton, while 306 or 26.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 97 or 8.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 13 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 7 while the foreign population increased by 3. There were 2 Swiss men who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men 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 a decrease of 10 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Liesberg is; 67 children or 5.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 185 teenagers or 15.2% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 134 people or 11.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 124 people or 10.2% are between 30 and 39, 228 people or 18.8% are between 40 and 49, and 269 people or 22.2% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 152 people or 12.5% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 55 people or 4.5% who are over 80.
, there were 474 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 557 married individuals, 76 widows or widowers and 42 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 63% 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 455 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 123 households that consist of only one person and 33 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 462 households that answered this question, 26.6% were households made up of just one person and 10 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 134 married couples without children, 155 married couples with children There were 21 single parents with a child or children. There were 12 households that were made up unrelated people and 7 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 241 single family homes (or 65.7% of the total) out of a total of 367 inhabited buildings. There were 68 multi-family buildings (18.5%), along with 37 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.1%) and 21 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.7%). Of the single family homes 48 were built before 1919, while 50 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 504 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 149. There were 8 single room apartments and 187 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 443 apartments (87.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 31 apartments (6.2%) were seasonally occupied and 30 apartments (6.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.4 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 577.00 CHF (US$460, £260, €370), a three room apartment was about 813.00 CHF (US$650, £370, €520) and a four room apartment cost an average of 958.00 CHF (US$770, £430, €610). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.37%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 41.15% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(26.17%), the FDP
(15.64%) and the SP
(7.96%). In the federal election, a total of 482 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 53.5%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 708. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 27 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 571, of which 530 or (92.8%) were in manufacturing, 6 or (1.1%) were in mining and 31 (5.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 105. In the tertiary sector; 18 or 17.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 7.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 3.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 5.7% were in education and 23 or 21.9% were in health care.
, there were 565 workers who commuted into the municipality and 357 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.6 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 23.2% of the workforce coming into Liesberg are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 20.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 43.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 26 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 2.26% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.26% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 11 individuals (or about 0.96% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 16 (or about 1.39% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There 4 individuals who were Hindu
. 83 (or about 7.22% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 21 individuals (or about 1.83% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 85 who completed tertiary schooling, 78.8% were Swiss men, 17.6% were Swiss women. , there were 4 students in Liesberg who came from another municipality, while 60 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 Laufen
Laufen (district)
Laufen District or Laufental District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Laufen....
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
Liesberg has an area, , of 12.49 square kilometres (4.8 sq mi). Of this area, 4.57 km² (1.8 sq mi) or 36.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.66 km² (2.6 sq mi) or 53.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1 km² (0.424712374451789 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km² (14.8 acre) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.12 km² (29.7 acre) or 1.0% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 49.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.6% is used for growing crops and 19.9% is pastures and 7.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district, along the Blauen mountains. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Liesberg and the hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Riederwald and Oberrüti and the industrial development of Liesberg-Station.
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 Swan passant on Coupeaux of Six Gules issuant from two Fillets wavy Sable.
Demographics
Liesberg has a population of . , 9.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 0.9%.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....
(1,069 or 93.0%), with Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
being second most common (18 or 1.6%) 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 (17 or 1.5%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female. The population was made up of 1,085 Swiss citizens (89.4% of the population), and 129 non-Swiss residents (10.6%) Of the population in the municipality 572 or about 49.8% were born in Liesberg and lived there in 2000. There were 134 or 11.7% who were born in the same canton, while 306 or 26.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 97 or 8.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 13 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 7 while the foreign population increased by 3. There were 2 Swiss men who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men 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 a decrease of 10 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Liesberg is; 67 children or 5.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 185 teenagers or 15.2% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 134 people or 11.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 124 people or 10.2% are between 30 and 39, 228 people or 18.8% are between 40 and 49, and 269 people or 22.2% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 152 people or 12.5% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 55 people or 4.5% who are over 80.
, there were 474 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 557 married individuals, 76 widows or widowers and 42 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 63% 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 455 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 123 households that consist of only one person and 33 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 462 households that answered this question, 26.6% were households made up of just one person and 10 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 134 married couples without children, 155 married couples with children There were 21 single parents with a child or children. There were 12 households that were made up unrelated people and 7 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 241 single family homes (or 65.7% of the total) out of a total of 367 inhabited buildings. There were 68 multi-family buildings (18.5%), along with 37 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.1%) and 21 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.7%). Of the single family homes 48 were built before 1919, while 50 were built between 1990 and 2000.
there were 504 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 149. There were 8 single room apartments and 187 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 443 apartments (87.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 31 apartments (6.2%) were seasonally occupied and 30 apartments (6.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.4 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 577.00 CHF (US$460, £260, €370), a three room apartment was about 813.00 CHF (US$650, £370, €520) and a four room apartment cost an average of 958.00 CHF (US$770, £430, €610). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.37%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire Liesbergmüli area is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage SitesInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
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 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...
which received 41.15% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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...
(26.17%), 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....
(15.64%) and the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(7.96%). In the federal election, a total of 482 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 53.5%.
Economy
, Liesberg had an unemployment rate of 1.69%. , there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 505 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 19 businesses in this sector. 107 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 36 businesses in this sector. There were 571 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.9% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 708. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 27 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 571, of which 530 or (92.8%) were in manufacturing, 6 or (1.1%) were in mining and 31 (5.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 105. In the tertiary sector; 18 or 17.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 7.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 3.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 5.7% were in education and 23 or 21.9% were in health care.
, there were 565 workers who commuted into the municipality and 357 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.6 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 23.2% of the workforce coming into Liesberg are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 20.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 43.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 854 or 74.3% were Roman Catholic, while 131 or 11.4% 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 26 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 2.26% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.26% 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 11 individuals (or about 0.96% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 16 (or about 1.39% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There 4 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
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. 83 (or about 7.22% 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 21 individuals (or about 1.83% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Liesberg about 416 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 85 or (7.4%) 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 85 who completed tertiary schooling, 78.8% were Swiss men, 17.6% were Swiss women. , there were 4 students in Liesberg who came from another municipality, while 60 residents attended schools outside the municipality.