Recherswil
Encyclopedia
Recherswil is a municipality
in the district of Wasseramt
, in the canton
of Solothurn in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%. Out of the forested land, 20.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.6% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, between the Emme and Oesch rivers.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules a Ploughshare Sable between two Mullets Or in chief.
Most of the population speaks German
(1,518 or 95.7%), with Italian
being second most common (34 or 2.1%) and Serbo-Croatian
being third (9 or 0.6%). There are 3 people who speak French
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 749 Swiss men (44.6% of the population) and 73 (4.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 791 Swiss women (47.1%) and 65 (3.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 452 or about 28.5% were born in Recherswil and lived there in 2000. There were 468 or 29.5% who were born in the same canton, while 480 or 30.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 141 or 8.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 14 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 2 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 19 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.8%.
The age distribution, , in Recherswil is; 100 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 290 teenagers or 18.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 71 people or 4.5% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 460 people or 29.0% are between 25 and 44, and 452 people or 28.5% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 173 people or 10.9% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 40 people or 2.5% who are over 80.
, there were 592 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 816 married individuals, 90 widows or widowers and 88 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 77.8% 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 641 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 156 households that consist of only one person and 45 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 649 households that answered this question, 24.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 9 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 214 married couples without children, 225 married couples with children There were 30 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up of unrelated people and 8 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 415 single family homes (or 81.2% of the total) out of a total of 511 inhabited buildings. There were 57 multi-family buildings (11.2%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (5.7%) and 10 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.0%). Of the single family homes 31 were built before 1919, while 47 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (96) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 658 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 199. There were 8 single room apartments and 310 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 627 apartments (95.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (1.7%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (3.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.71%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 27.33% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(27.09%), the CVP
(18.58%) and the FDP
(15.95%). In the federal election, a total of 643 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 50.5%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 208. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 91 of which 53 or (58.2%) were in manufacturing and 38 (41.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 94. In the tertiary sector; 22 or 23.4% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 8.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 6.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 5.3% were in the information industry, 13 or 13.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 10.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 13 or 13.8% were in education and 3 or 3.2% were in health care.
, there were 151 workers who commuted into the municipality and 702 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 13.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.5% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 8 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.50% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 37 individuals (or about 2.33% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 31 (or about 1.95% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 255 (or about 16.08% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 39 individuals (or about 2.46% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 155 who completed tertiary schooling, 79.4% were Swiss men, 15.5% were Swiss women, 4.5% were non-Swiss men.
, there were 21 students in Recherswil who came from another municipality, while 111 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 Wasseramt
Wasseramt (district)
Wasseramt District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the south of the canton. Together with the Bucheggberg District, it forms the Amtei of Wasseramt-Bucheggberg...
, 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 Solothurn 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
Recherswil has an area, , of 3.37 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi). Of this area, 1.86 km² (0.718150014982115 sq mi) or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.74 km² (0.285715597358476 sq mi) or 22.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km² (0.270271511014775 sq mi) or 20.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%. Out of the forested land, 20.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.6% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, between the Emme and Oesch rivers.
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 a Ploughshare Sable between two Mullets Or in chief.
Demographics
Recherswil has a population of . , 8.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.4%. It has changed at a rate of 0.5% due to migration and at a rate of -0.2% due to births and deaths.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....
(1,518 or 95.7%), 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 (34 or 2.1%) and 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 third (9 or 0.6%). There are 3 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 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 749 Swiss men (44.6% of the population) and 73 (4.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 791 Swiss women (47.1%) and 65 (3.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 452 or about 28.5% were born in Recherswil and lived there in 2000. There were 468 or 29.5% who were born in the same canton, while 480 or 30.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 141 or 8.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 14 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 2 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 19 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.8%.
The age distribution, , in Recherswil is; 100 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 290 teenagers or 18.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 71 people or 4.5% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 460 people or 29.0% are between 25 and 44, and 452 people or 28.5% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 173 people or 10.9% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 40 people or 2.5% who are over 80.
, there were 592 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 816 married individuals, 90 widows or widowers and 88 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 77.8% 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 641 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 156 households that consist of only one person and 45 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 649 households that answered this question, 24.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 9 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 214 married couples without children, 225 married couples with children There were 30 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up of unrelated people and 8 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 415 single family homes (or 81.2% of the total) out of a total of 511 inhabited buildings. There were 57 multi-family buildings (11.2%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (5.7%) and 10 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.0%). Of the single family homes 31 were built before 1919, while 47 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (96) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 658 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 199. There were 8 single room apartments and 310 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 627 apartments (95.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (1.7%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (3.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.71%.
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 27.33% 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....
(27.09%), 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...
(18.58%) and 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....
(15.95%). In the federal election, a total of 643 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 50.5%.
Economy
, Recherswil had an unemployment rate of 2.6%. , there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 101 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 26 businesses in this sector. 134 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 38 businesses in this sector. There were 871 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
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 208. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 91 of which 53 or (58.2%) were in manufacturing and 38 (41.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 94. In the tertiary sector; 22 or 23.4% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 8.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 6.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 5.3% were in the information industry, 13 or 13.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 10.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 13 or 13.8% were in education and 3 or 3.2% were in health care.
, there were 151 workers who commuted into the municipality and 702 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 13.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.5% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 522 or 32.9% were Roman Catholic, while 690 or 43.5% 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 8 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
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(or about 0.50% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs 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 37 individuals (or about 2.33% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 31 (or about 1.95% 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 was 1 person who was 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. 255 (or about 16.08% 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 39 individuals (or about 2.46% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Recherswil about 664 or (41.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 155 or (9.8%) 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 155 who completed tertiary schooling, 79.4% were Swiss men, 15.5% were Swiss women, 4.5% were non-Swiss men.
, there were 21 students in Recherswil who came from another municipality, while 111 residents attended schools outside the municipality.