Tenniken
Encyclopedia
Tenniken is a municipality
in the district of Sissach
in the canton
of Basel-Country
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, 40.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.0% is used for growing crops and 20.8% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Per pale, Or a letter Tau Sable, and bendy of six Sable and Argent.
Most of the population speaks German
(875 or 97.2%), with Spanish
being second most common (8 or 0.9%) and French
being third (4 or 0.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 47.9% male and 52.1% female. The population was made up of 824 Swiss citizens (93.0% of the population), and 62 non-Swiss residents (7.0%) Of the population in the municipality 271 or about 30.1% were born in Tenniken and lived there in 2000. There were 328 or 36.4% who were born in the same canton, while 229 or 25.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 69 or 7.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man 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 21 and the non-Swiss population increased by 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.8%.
The age distribution, , in Tenniken is; 56 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 117 teenagers or 13.2% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 109 people or 12.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 114 people or 12.9% are between 30 and 39, 134 people or 15.1% are between 40 and 49, and 236 people or 26.6% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 94 people or 10.6% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 26 people or 2.9% who are over 80.
, there were 384 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 436 married individuals, 37 widows or widowers and 43 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 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 69.6% 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 337 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 83 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 340 households that answered this question, 24.4% were households made up of just one person and 1 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 94 married couples without children, 137 married couples with children There were 20 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up unrelated people and 3 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 178 single family homes (or 67.9% of the total) out of a total of 262 inhabited buildings. There were 43 multi-family buildings (16.4%), along with 32 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.2%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 15 were built before 1919, while 37 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (47) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 355 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 112. There were 2 single room apartments and 178 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 335 apartments (94.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (1.7%) were seasonally occupied and 14 apartments (3.9%) 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 674.00 CHF (US$540, £300, €430), a three room apartment was about 918.00 CHF (US$730, £410, €590) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1127.00 CHF (US$900, £510, €720). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 27.67% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(23.62%), the Green Party
(21.39%) and the FDP
(15.9%). In the federal election, a total of 331 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 48.0%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 303. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 202, of which 194 or (96.0%) were in manufacturing and 2 (1.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 81. In the tertiary sector; 25 or 30.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 or 1.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 2.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 37 or 45.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 7.4% were in education.
, there were 217 workers who commuted into the municipality and 415 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 9.2% of the workforce coming into Tenniken are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 23.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.4% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.22% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 34 individuals (or about 3.78% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 (or about 0.78% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
. 148 (or about 16.44% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 2 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 98 who completed tertiary schooling, 73.5% were Swiss men, 21.4% were Swiss women.
, there was one student in Tenniken who came from another municipality, while 96 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 Sissach
Sissach (district)
Sissach District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It has a population of . The district occupies the western portion of Basel-Country, bordering the neighbouring cantons of canton of Aargau and Solothurn. Its capital is the town of...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Basel-Country
Basel-Country
Basel-Landschaft , is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Geography
Tenniken has an area, , of 4.66 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi). Of this area, 2.23 km² (0.861007813661353 sq mi) or 47.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.92 km² (0.741316144497667 sq mi) or 41.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.53 km² (0.204634144054044 sq mi) or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, 40.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.0% is used for growing crops and 20.8% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
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 Per pale, Or a letter Tau Sable, and bendy of six Sable and Argent.
Demographics
Tenniken has a population of . , 6.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -7.3%.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....
(875 or 97.2%), with Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
being second most common (8 or 0.9%) 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 (4 or 0.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 47.9% male and 52.1% female. The population was made up of 824 Swiss citizens (93.0% of the population), and 62 non-Swiss residents (7.0%) Of the population in the municipality 271 or about 30.1% were born in Tenniken and lived there in 2000. There were 328 or 36.4% who were born in the same canton, while 229 or 25.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 69 or 7.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man 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 21 and the non-Swiss population increased by 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.8%.
The age distribution, , in Tenniken is; 56 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 117 teenagers or 13.2% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 109 people or 12.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 114 people or 12.9% are between 30 and 39, 134 people or 15.1% are between 40 and 49, and 236 people or 26.6% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 94 people or 10.6% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 26 people or 2.9% who are over 80.
, there were 384 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 436 married individuals, 37 widows or widowers and 43 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 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 69.6% 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 337 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 83 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 340 households that answered this question, 24.4% were households made up of just one person and 1 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 94 married couples without children, 137 married couples with children There were 20 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up unrelated people and 3 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 178 single family homes (or 67.9% of the total) out of a total of 262 inhabited buildings. There were 43 multi-family buildings (16.4%), along with 32 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.2%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.4%). Of the single family homes 15 were built before 1919, while 37 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (47) were built between 1971 and 1980.
there were 355 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 112. There were 2 single room apartments and 178 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 335 apartments (94.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (1.7%) were seasonally occupied and 14 apartments (3.9%) 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 674.00 CHF (US$540, £300, €430), a three room apartment was about 918.00 CHF (US$730, £410, €590) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1127.00 CHF (US$900, £510, €720). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
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 27.67% 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....
(23.62%), the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(21.39%) 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....
(15.9%). In the federal election, a total of 331 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 48.0%.
Economy
, Tenniken had an unemployment rate of 1.4%. , there were 31 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 219 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 8 businesses in this sector. 100 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 27 businesses in this sector. There were 523 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% 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 303. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 202, of which 194 or (96.0%) were in manufacturing and 2 (1.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 81. In the tertiary sector; 25 or 30.9% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 or 1.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 2.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 37 or 45.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 7.4% were in education.
, there were 217 workers who commuted into the municipality and 415 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 9.2% of the workforce coming into Tenniken are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 23.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.4% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 121 or 13.4% were Roman Catholic, while 583 or 64.8% 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 0.22% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.22% 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 34 individuals (or about 3.78% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 7 (or about 0.78% 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...
. 148 (or about 16.44% 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 2 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Tenniken about 402 or (44.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 98 or (10.9%) 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 98 who completed tertiary schooling, 73.5% were Swiss men, 21.4% were Swiss women.
, there was one student in Tenniken who came from another municipality, while 96 residents attended schools outside the municipality.