Schönenbuch
Encyclopedia
Schönenbuch is a municipality
in the district of Arlesheim
in the canton
of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland
.
Schönenbuch has an area, , of 1.36 square kilometre (0.525098935685848 sq mi). Of this area, 0.89 km² (0.343630921147356 sq mi) or 65.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.02 km² (0.0077220431718507 sq mi) or 1.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km² (0.162162906608865 sq mi) or 30.9% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 19.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.1% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures, while 11.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, on the edge of the Sundgau
and bordered by France
on three sides. It is at an elevation of 355 m (1,164.7 ft) above sea level and is the second smallest municipality in the canton of Basel-Country. The village is enclosed on three sides by France (municipalities Neuwiller
and Hagenthal-le-Bas
). Only in the northeast does it have a connection to the town of Allschwil
.
It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Schönenbuch.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent, a Tree Gules issuant from Coupeaux Vert.
A red beech tree on a silver background on a green three-mountain. The beech stands for the municipality name Buche (which is German
for beech) and the three-mountain for the altitude of the village.
Most of the population speaks German (1,178 or 94.6%), with French
being second most common (22 or 1.8%) and English
being third (17 or 1.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population was made up of 1,298 Swiss citizens (89.8% of the population), and 148 non-Swiss residents (10.2%) Of the population in the municipality 287 or about 23.1% were born in Schönenbuch and lived there in 2000. There were 244 or 19.6% who were born in the same canton, while 521 or 41.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 184 or 14.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 9 while the foreign population increased by 2. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland and 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 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 7 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 18 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.8%.
The age distribution, , in Schönenbuch is; 98 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 216 teenagers or 14.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 140 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 164 people or 11.3% are between 30 and 39, 263 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 312 people or 21.6% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 203 people or 14.0% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 50 people or 3.5% who are over 80.
, there were 467 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 685 married individuals, 49 widows or widowers and 44 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.52 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 72.7% 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 499 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 106 households that consist of only one person and 30 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 505 households that answered this question, 21.0% were households made up of just one person and 3 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 188 married couples without children, 170 married couples with children There were 25 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up unrelated people and 6 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 312 single family homes (or 78.6% of the total) out of a total of 397 inhabited buildings. There were 32 multi-family buildings (8.1%), along with 39 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.8%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.5%). Of the single family homes 11 were built before 1919, while 87 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (81) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 505 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 195. There were 3 single room apartments and 277 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 487 apartments (96.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 9 apartments (1.8%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (1.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.7 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about .00 CHF (US$0, £0, €0), a three room apartment was about 1256.00 CHF (US$1000, £570, €800) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1468.00 CHF (US$1170, £660, €940). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.17%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 33.58% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(19.63%), the SP
(18.63%) and the CVP
(13.9%). In the federal election, a total of 577 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 55.1%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 293. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 39, of which 27 or (69.2%) were in manufacturing and 12 (30.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 236. In the tertiary sector; 47 or 19.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 77 or 32.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 3.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.4% were in the information industry, 61 or 25.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 8.1% were in education.
, there were 319 workers who commuted into the municipality and 537 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 29.5% of the workforce coming into Schönenbuch are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.4% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 20.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.8% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.16% of the population), there were 12 individuals (or about 0.96% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 26 individuals (or about 2.09% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 14 (or about 1.12% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 1 individuals who were Buddhist
and . 227 (or about 18.23% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 5 individuals (or about 0.40% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 265 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.1% were Swiss men, 29.4% were Swiss women, 6.0% were non-Swiss men and 3.4% were non-Swiss women. , there were 2 students in Schönenbuch who came from another municipality, while 122 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 Arlesheim
Arlesheim (district)
Arlesheim District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Arlesheim. It has a population of .-Geography:...
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-Landschaft 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
Schönenbuch is first mentioned in 1315 as Schoenenbuoch. It became an independent municipality in 1816.Geography
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 19.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.1% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures, while 11.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, on the edge of the Sundgau
Sundgau
Sundgau is a geographical territory on the eastern edge of France that was once a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. The name Sundgau derives from Alemannic German, which means "South County" ....
and bordered by France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
on three sides. It is at an elevation of 355 m (1,164.7 ft) above sea level and is the second smallest municipality in the canton of Basel-Country. The village is enclosed on three sides by France (municipalities Neuwiller
Neuwiller
Neuwiller is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is surrounded to the north, east and south by the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft, and is roughly 7 km from Basel itself.-External links:* *...
and Hagenthal-le-Bas
Hagenthal-le-Bas
Hagenthal-le-Bas is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
). Only in the northeast does it have a connection to the town of Allschwil
Allschwil
Allschwil is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.-Prehistoric Allschwil:The region around Allschwil has been occupied since at least the Middle Paleolithic. Archeological finds from the municipality include a few scattered Middle Paleolithic...
.
It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Schönenbuch.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
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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 Argent, a Tree Gules issuant from Coupeaux Vert.
A red beech tree on a silver background on a green three-mountain. The beech stands for the municipality name Buche (which is 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....
for beech) and the three-mountain for the altitude of the village.
Demographics
Schönenbuch has a population of . , 9.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 24.9%.Most of the population speaks German (1,178 or 94.6%), with 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 second most common (22 or 1.8%) and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
being third (17 or 1.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population was made up of 1,298 Swiss citizens (89.8% of the population), and 148 non-Swiss residents (10.2%) Of the population in the municipality 287 or about 23.1% were born in Schönenbuch and lived there in 2000. There were 244 or 19.6% who were born in the same canton, while 521 or 41.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 184 or 14.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 9 while the foreign population increased by 2. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland and 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 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 7 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 18 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.8%.
The age distribution, , in Schönenbuch is; 98 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 216 teenagers or 14.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 140 people or 9.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 164 people or 11.3% are between 30 and 39, 263 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 312 people or 21.6% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 203 people or 14.0% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 50 people or 3.5% who are over 80.
, there were 467 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 685 married individuals, 49 widows or widowers and 44 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.52 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 72.7% 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 499 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 106 households that consist of only one person and 30 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 505 households that answered this question, 21.0% were households made up of just one person and 3 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 188 married couples without children, 170 married couples with children There were 25 single parents with a child or children. There were 7 households that were made up unrelated people and 6 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 312 single family homes (or 78.6% of the total) out of a total of 397 inhabited buildings. There were 32 multi-family buildings (8.1%), along with 39 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.8%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.5%). Of the single family homes 11 were built before 1919, while 87 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (81) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 505 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 195. There were 3 single room apartments and 277 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 487 apartments (96.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 9 apartments (1.8%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (1.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.7 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about .00 CHF (US$0, £0, €0), a three room apartment was about 1256.00 CHF (US$1000, £570, €800) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1468.00 CHF (US$1170, £660, €940). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.17%.
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 33.58% 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....
(19.63%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(18.63%) and 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...
(13.9%). In the federal election, a total of 577 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 55.1%.
Economy
, Schönenbuch had an unemployment rate of 1.76%. , there were 47 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 90 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 15 businesses in this sector. 214 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 43 businesses in this sector. There were 654 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 293. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 39, of which 27 or (69.2%) were in manufacturing and 12 (30.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 236. In the tertiary sector; 47 or 19.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 77 or 32.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 3.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.4% were in the information industry, 61 or 25.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 8.1% were in education.
, there were 319 workers who commuted into the municipality and 537 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 29.5% of the workforce coming into Schönenbuch are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.4% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 20.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 549 or 44.1% were Roman Catholic, while 409 or 32.9% 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 2 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 0.16% of the population), there were 12 individuals (or about 0.96% 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 26 individuals (or about 2.09% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 14 (or about 1.12% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There were 1 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 . 227 (or about 18.23% 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 5 individuals (or about 0.40% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Schönenbuch about 560 or (45.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 265 or (21.3%) 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 265 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.1% were Swiss men, 29.4% were Swiss women, 6.0% were non-Swiss men and 3.4% were non-Swiss women. , there were 2 students in Schönenbuch who came from another municipality, while 122 residents attended schools outside the municipality.