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{{Other uses|Walterswil (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name = Walterswil
| municipality_type = municipality
| imagepath_coa = CHE Walterswil BE COA.svg
| imagepath_flag = CHE Walterswil BE Flag.svg
| image_photo = 2012-03-01-Supra Argovio (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 297.JPG
| canton = Bern
| iso-code-region = CH-BE
| district = [[Oberaargau (administrative district)|Oberaargau]]
|coordinates = {{coord|47|7|N|7|47|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code = 4942
| municipality_code = 0959
| area = 7.9
| elevation = 658|elevation_description=
| population = 541 | populationof = Dec 2012| popofyear = 2012
| website = www.walterswil-be.ch
| mayor = Ernst Lanz |mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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| places =
| demonym =
| neighboring_municipalities= [[Affoltern im Emmental]], [[Dürrenroth]], [[Oeschenbach]], [[Rohrbachgraben, Switzerland|Rohrbachgraben]], [[Ursenbach]], [[Wynigen]]
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'''Walterswil''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the
==
[[File:2012-03-01-Supra Argovio (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 295.JPG|thumb|left|A barn and small fields in Walterswil. Today over two-thirds of jobs in the municipality are in agriculture.]]
Walterswil is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Walterswile''.<ref name=HDS/>
The local [[Freiherr]] von Walterswil appear in historic records until the early 14th century. After their extinction, portions of the modern municipality were owned by other local nobles. The village church of [[Saint Cecilia]] was first mentioned in 1275. In 1438 Henman von Spiegelberg gave the village, the court and the [[Jus patronatus|patronage rights]] over the village church of Walterswil to the city of [[Bern]] in exchange for another property. In the following year, Bern divided Walterswil between several nearby courts. Following the [[French invasion of Switzerland#Collapse|1798 French invasion]], the smaller Walterswil [[parish]] became part of the [[Helvetic Republic]] district of Unteremmental. After the collapse of the Republic and 1803 [[Act of Mediation]] it joined the newly created [[Trachselwald District]]. Finally, in 1888-89 it received part of the Hubberg Quarter (Hubbergviertel) from [[Ursenbach]], which expanded the municipality to its modern borders.<ref name=HDS/>
Historically the local economy was based on farming with some [[cottage industry]] canvas weaving in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today many residents commute to jobs in nearby cities and towns and about 71% of the jobs in the municipality are in agriculture.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography==
[[File:2012-03-01-Supra Argovio (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 289.JPG|thumb|Hillsides and a sign pointing to Walterswil ski lift in the municipality]]
Walterswil has an area of {{Swiss area|0959|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|0959|QUELLE}}<!--7.91 - 7.94 km2--> As of the 2006 survey, a total of {{convert|5.86|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 74.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|1.68|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 21.2% is forested. Of rest of the municipality {{convert|0.4|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads).<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 27 August 2014</ref>
From the same survey, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 36.8% is used for growing crops and 35.5% is pasturage, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality consists of the village of Walterswil, the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Schmidigen and Mühleweg, a cluster of farm houses at Wiggisberg and other individual farm houses.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Trachselwald, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>
==Coat of arms==
The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Argent three branches palewise in fess raguly inflamed Gules.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-be373.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 16 December 2014</ref>
==Demographics==
[[File:2012-03-01-Supra Argovio (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 290.JPG|thumb|Traditional house and plastic wrapped hay bales in Walterswil.]]
[[File:2012-03-01-Supra Argovio (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 304.JPG|thumb|Modern municipal administration building]]
Walterswil has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0959}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-BE}} {{as of|2012}}, 1.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Between the last 2 years (2010-2012) the population changed at a rate of 0.2%. Migration accounted for 1.9%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.7%.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 16 December 2014</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (540 or 98.9%) as their first language, [[Albanian language|Albanian]] is the second most common (5 or 0.9%) and [[French language|French]] is the third (1 or 0.2%).<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2013}}, the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. The population was made up of 272 Swiss men (50.1% of the population) and 4 (0.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 266 Swiss women (49.0%) and 1 (0.2%) non-Swiss women.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/bevoelkerungsstand/02.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit, Geschlecht und Gemeinde] accessed 7 October 2014</ref> Of the population in the municipality, 290 or about 53.1% were born in Walterswil and lived there in 2000. There were 192 or 35.2% who were born in the same canton, while 29 or 5.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 6 or 1.1% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2012}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.0% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.4%.<ref name=SFSO/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 237 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 277 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2013-08-09 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2010}}, there were 44 households that consist of only one person and 29 households with five or more people.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/04/blank/key/haushaltsgroesse.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Haushaltsgrösse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073036/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/04/blank/key/haushaltsgroesse.html |date=2014-10-06 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 May 2013</ref> {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 178 apartments (82.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 29 apartments (13.4%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (4.2%) were empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref> {{as of|2012}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 3.7 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/> In 2012, single family homes made up 29.9% of the total housing in the municipality.<ref>[http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2012] accessed 5 August 2014</ref>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|555|Walterswil}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/04/01.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige Wohnbevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Gemeinde und Haushaltsgrösse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718073109/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/04/01.html |date=2014-07-18 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 12 August 2013</ref>
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==Economy==
[[File:2012-03-01-Supra Argovio (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 303.JPG|thumb|Napf brewery in Walterswil]]
{{as of|2011|In 2011}}, Walterswil had an unemployment rate of 0.33%. {{as of|2011}}, there were a total of 214 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 141 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 54 businesses involved in this sector. The [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] employs 22 people and there were 6 businesses in this sector. The [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]] employs 51 people, with 16 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 298 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} there were a total of 162 [[full-time equivalent]] jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 88, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 17 of which 9 or (52.9%) were in manufacturing and 8 (47.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 57. In the tertiary sector; 7 or 12.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 5.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 10.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 8.8% were in education.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 15 workers who commuted into the municipality and 156 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 10.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 142 workers (90.4% of the 157 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Walterswil.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 3.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.4% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
In 2013 the average church, local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Walterswil making 150,000 [[Swiss franc|CHF]] was 11.9%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 18.3%. For comparison, the median rate for all municipalities in the entire canton was 11.7% and 18.1%, while the nationwide median was 10.6% and 17.4% respectively.<ref>[http://www.estv.admin.ch/dokumentation/00075/00076/00720/index.html?lang=de Federal Tax Administration (ESTV) - Steuerbelastung in den Gemeinden 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218192739/http://www.estv.admin.ch/dokumentation/00075/00076/00720/index.html?lang=de |date=2015-02-18 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 November 2014. Does not include Federal Taxes.</ref>
In 2011 there were a total of 181 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 32 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There was one person who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The greatest number of workers, 49, made between 40,000 and 50,000 CHF per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Walterswil was 106,072 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 136,785 CHF.<ref>[http://www.estv.admin.ch/dokumentation/00075/00076/00701/01362/index.html?lang=de Federal Tax Administration Report Direkte Bundessteuer - Natürliche Personen - Gemeinden - Steuerjahr 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006202236/http://www.estv.admin.ch/dokumentation/00075/00076/00701/01362/index.html?lang=de |date=2014-10-06 }} {{in lang|de|fr}} accessed 4 November 2014</ref>
In 2011 a total of 2.7% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.<ref>[http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Bezüger/-innen von Sozialhilfeleistungen (Sozialhilfeempfänger/-innen), 2011] accessed 18 June 2013</ref>
==Politics==
In the [[2011 Swiss federal election|2011 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP)]] which received 59.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party (BDP)]] (13.6%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP)]] (6.5%) and the [[Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland|Evangelical People's Party (EVP)]] (4.6%). In the federal election, a total of 230 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 52.2%.<ref name=election_2011>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114214422/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html |date=2013-11-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 May 2012</ref>
==Religion==
[[File:CA KGS 1331 Walterswil.JPG|thumb|Village church of Walterswil]]
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 506 or 92.7% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]], while 3 or 0.5% were [[Roman Catholic]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 individuals (or about 0.73% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 5 (or about 0.92% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 28 individuals (or about 5.13% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education==
In Walterswil about 57.9% of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 12.2% have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/> Of the 41 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 73.2% were Swiss men, 26.8% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]], followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an [[apprenticeship]].<ref>{{Cite report |title=Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |accessdate= 24 June 2010 }}</ref>
During the 2012-13 school year, there were a total of 69 students attending classes in Walterswil. There were a total of 13 students in the German language kindergarten classes in the municipality. The municipality's primary school had 33 students in German language classes. Of the primary students, 6.1% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens). During the same year, the lower secondary schools in neighboring municipalities had a total of 23 students from Walterswil.<ref name=School>[http://www.erz.be.ch/erz/de/index/direktion/organisation/generalsekretariat/statistik/schul-_und_gemeindetabellen.html Datei der Gemeinde- und Schultabellen]{{in lang|de}} accessed 23 July 2014</ref>
{{as of|2000|In 2000}}, there were a total of 41 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 38 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 3 students came from another municipality. During the same year, 31 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Walterswil, Bern|Walterswil}}
*[http://www.walterswil-be.ch Official website of the municipality] {{in lang|de}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Municipalities of the canton of Bern]]
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