Rumisberg


Rumisberg is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Rumisberg is first mentioned in 1364 as Rumolsberg.

Geography

Rumisberg has an area of. Of this area, 49.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.4% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality includes the village of Rumisberg, the hamlets of Schoren and Weissacker-Falken and scattered individual houses. It is located on several terraces scattered along the southern slope of the Jura mountains, ranging in altitude from above sea level.

Demographics

Rumisberg has a population of., 3.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.3%. Most of the population speaks German , with Italian being second most common and Serbo-Croatian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the Green Party.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 24% of the population, while adults make up 61.1% and seniors make up 14.9%. In Rumisberg about 78.5% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Rumisberg has an unemployment rate of 1.19%. , there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 24 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
1764301
1850471
1900353
1950391
2000455