Leimiswil


Leimiswil is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of Madiswil.

Geography

Leimiswil has an area,, of. Of this area, or 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.4% is settled.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. 17.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.8% is used for growing crops and 35.5% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Demographics

Leimiswil has a population of 398., 1.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. Most of the population speaks German , with Albanian being second most common and Portuguese being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the Small right-wing parties and the SPS.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 25.2% of the population, while adults make up 59% and the seniors make up 15.8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Leimiswil about 69.5% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Leimiswil has an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 97 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 89 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 50 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector.