Rünenberg is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Sissach
Sissach () is a municipality and the capital of the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland.
History
Sissach is first mentioned around 1225-26 as ''Sissaho''.
Geography
Sissach has an area, of . Of this area, (28.2% ...
in the
canton of
Basel-Country
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
History
Rünenberg is first mentioned in 1101 as ''Runachperh''.
[
It is the native place of:
* Johann August Sutter, pioneer of California
* ]Niklaus Riggenbach
Niklaus Riggenbach (21 May 1817 – 25 July 1899) was the inventor of the Riggenbach rack system and the counter-pressure brake. He was also an engineer and locomotive builder.
Niklaus Riggenbach, from Rünenberg, Basel-Landschaft, Sw ...
, inventor of the Riggenbach rack system
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Geography
Rünenberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 36.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.1% is used for growing crops and 14.1% is pastures, while 5.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[
The municipality is located in the Sissach district, on a high plateau between the Homburger and Eital valleys. It consists of the ]linear village
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of Rünenberg.
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Azure, a Marguerite-flower Argent centered Or.''
Demographics
Rünenberg has a population () of . , 5.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.5%.
accessed 07-March-2011German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
(690 or 97.9%), with French being second most common (4 or 0.6%) and Italian language
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being third (3 or 0.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.[
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female. The population was made up of 754 Swiss citizens (95.2% of the population), and 38 non-Swiss residents (4.8%)][ Of the population in the municipality 253 or about 35.9% were born in Rünenberg and lived there in 2000. There were 213 or 30.2% who were born in the same canton, while 172 or 24.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 60 or 8.5% were born outside of Switzerland.][
In there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 10 and the non-Swiss population increased by 4 people. This represents a ]population growth rate
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
of 1.8%.[
The age distribution, , in Rünenberg is; 51 children or 6.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 119 teenagers or 15.0% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 75 people or 9.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 85 people or 10.7% are between 30 and 39, 126 people or 15.9% are between 40 and 49, and 198 people or 25.0% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 106 people or 13.4% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 32 people or 4.0% who are over 80.][Canton of Basel-Land Statistics]
''Wohnbevölkerung nach Nationalität und Konfession per 30. September 2010'' accessed 16 February 2011
, there were 271 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 380 married individuals, 40 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.[STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 275 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[ There were 60 households that consist of only one person and 13 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 278 households that answered this question, 21.6% 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 88 married couples without children, 114 married couples with children There were 8 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 134 single family homes (or 62.3% of the total) out of a total of 215 inhabited buildings. There were 28 multi-family buildings (13.0%), along with 44 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (20.5%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.2%). Of the single family homes 25 were built before 1919, while 42 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (27) were built between 1971 and 1980.][Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
there were 296 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 94. There were 2 single room apartments and 115 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 274 apartments (92.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (3.4%) were seasonally occupied and 12 apartments (4.1%) were empty.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 7.8 new units per 1000 residents.][ the average price to rent a three-room apartment was about 751.00 CHF (US$600, £340, €480) and a four-room apartment cost an average of 1031.00 CHF (US$820, £460, €660).][Canton of Basel-Land Statistics]
, ''Mieter- und Genossenschafterwohnungen1 nach Zimmerzahl und Mietpreis 2000'' accessed 20 February 2011 The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.31%.[
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.66% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (21.76%), the Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(17.54%) and the FDP (15.11%). In the federal election, a total of 329 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 54.8%.
Economy
, Rünenberg had an unemployment rate of 1.11%. , there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 59 people were employed in the secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 44 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 15 businesses in this sector.[ There were 388 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.5% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 110. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, of which 20 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 52, of which 40 or (76.9%) were in manufacturing and 12 (23.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 35. In the tertiary sector; 4 or 11.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 17.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 5.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 34.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 17.1% were in education.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3
accessed 28 January 2011
, there were 48 workers who commuted into the municipality and 301 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 10.4% of the workforce coming into Rünenberg are coming from outside Switzerland.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 20.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.4% used a private car.[
]
Religion
From the , 103 or 14.6% were Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
, while 479 or 67.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 individuals (or about 0.28% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. There were 5 (or about 0.71% of the population) who were Islam
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ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
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. 106 (or about 15.04% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 8 individuals (or about 1.13% of the population) did not answer the question.[
]
Weather
Rünenberg has an average of 127.6 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives } of precipitation
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. The wettest month is May during which time Rünenberg receives an average of of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.0 days. The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 8.7 days.[ Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The ]Köppen Climate Classification
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subtype for this climate is " Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate
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).[Climate Summary for Rünenberg]
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Education
In Rünenberg about 347 or (49.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 73 or (10.4%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 73 who completed tertiary schooling, 72.6% were Swiss men, 20.5% were Swiss women, 6.8% were non-Swiss men.[
, there were 48 students from Rünenberg who attended schools outside the municipality.][
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References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft