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Messen is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.
On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal and Oberramsern merged into the municipality of 10 References
History[edit source]
Messen is first mentioned in 1223 as Messon.[4] Balm bei Messen is first mentioned in
1254 as de Balmo. In 1275
it was mentioned as in Balm.[5] Brunnenthal is first mentioned in 1387
as Wernher von Brunnental.
In 1396 it was mentioned as Brunental.[6] Oberramsern is first mentioned in 1276
as Rambsern though this comes from a 17th Century
copy of the original. In 1318 it was mentioned as Ramserron superiori.[7]
Geography[edit source]
Messen has an area, as of 2009, of 7.08
square kilometers (2.73 sq mi). Of this area, 4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi) or 63.0% is
used for agricultural purposes, while 2.07 km2(0.80 sq mi)
or 29.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 6.9% is
settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either
rivers or lakes.[8]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings
made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the
forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of
the agricultural land, 50.0% is used for growing crops and 10.9% is pastures,
while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the
municipality is flowing water.[8]
The municipality is located in the
Bucheggberg district, in the hill country south of the Limpach valley. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and
quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Messen and the hamlets of Eichholz and Niderwol. It now also
includes the former independent municipalities of Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal
and Oberramsern.
Coat of arms[edit source]
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure
a House with two Towers embattled all Argent.[9]
Messen has a population (as of December 2012)
of 1,405.[1] As of 2008, 2.9% of the population are
resident foreign nationals.[10] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 )
the population has changed at a rate of 3.5%.[11]
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (945 or 97.6%), with French being second most common (10 or 1.0%)
and Portuguese being
third (3 or 0.3%).[12]
As of 2008, the gender distribution of the
population was 52.4% male and 47.6% female. The population was made up of 521
Swiss men (49.5% of the population) and 30 (2.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 479
Swiss women (45.5%) and 22 (2.1%) non-Swiss women.[13] Of the population in the municipality
350 or about 36.2% were born in Messen and lived there in 2000. There were 112
or 11.6% who were born in the same canton, while 442 or 45.7% were born
somewhere else in Switzerland ,
and 37 or 3.8% were born outside of Switzerland
In 2008 there
were 9 live births to Swiss citizens and were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens.
Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased
by 5 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men who
emigrated from Switzerland
and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland Switzerland
The age distribution, as of 2000, in Messen is; 98
children or 10.1% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 158
teenagers or 16.3% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 39 people or
4.0% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 343 people or 35.4% are
between 25 and 44, and 205 people or 21.2% are between 45 and 64. The senior
population distribution is 96 people or 9.9% of the population are between 65
and 79 years old and there are 29 people or 3.0% who are over 80.[14]
As of 2000, there were 408 people who were
single and never married in the municipality. There were 507 married
individuals, 25 widows or widowers and 28 individuals who are divorced.[12]
As of 2000, there were 512 private households
in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[11] There were 69 households that consist
of only one person and 30 households with five or more people. Out of a total
of 371 households that answered this question, 18.6% were households made up of
just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the
rest of the households, there are 118 married couples without children, 147
married couples with children There were 20 single parents with a child or
children. There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 9
households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective
housing.[12]
In 2000 there
were 155 single family homes (or 59.6% of the total) out of a total of 260
inhabited buildings. There were 33 multi-family buildings (12.7%), along with
58 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (22.3%) and 14
other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing
(5.4%). Of the single family homes 21 were built before 1919, while 42 were
built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (31)
were built between 1981 and 1990.[15]
In 2000 there
were 360 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4
rooms of which there were 97. There were 4 single room apartments and 168
apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 347 apartments
(96.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (1.7%) were
seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (1.9%) were empty.[15] As of 2009, the construction rate of
new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.[11] The vacancy rate for the municipality,
in 2010, was 0%.[11]
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 33.76% of the vote. The
next three most popular parties were the SVP (29.46%),
the SP (19.13%) and the Green Party (7.79%). In the federal election, a
total of 389 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.6%.[17]
Economy
As of 2010, Messen had an unemployment rate
of 0.8%. As of 2008, there were 116 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 44 businesses involved in
this sector. 55 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 11 businesses in this
sector. 224 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 49 businesses in
this sector.[11] There were 531 residents of the
municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2%
of the workforce.
In 2008 the
total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 235. The number of jobs in
the primary sector was 46, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs
in the secondary sector was 38 of which 17 or (44.7%) were in manufacturing and
21 (55.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 151. In the tertiary
sector; 49 or 32.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor
vehicles, 32 or 21.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 6.6%
were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 4.0% were in the information industry, 1
was the insurance or financial industry, 12 or 7.9% were technical
professionals or scientists, 30 or 19.9% were in education and 6 or 4.0% were
in health care.[18]
In 2000, there were 116 workers who commuted
into the municipality and 335 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a
net exporter of workers, with about 2.9 workers leaving the municipality for
every one entering.[19] Of the working population, 9.8% used
public transportation to get to work, and 56.1% used a private car.[11]
Religion
From the 2000 census, 92 or 9.5%
were Roman Catholic, while 795 or 82.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of
the rest of the population, there were 3 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.31% of the
population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.21% of the population) who
belonged to the Christian Catholic
Church, and there were 3 individuals (or about 0.31% of the
population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were there was 1
individual who was Islamic.
49 (or about 5.06% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 23 individuals (or about 2.38% of the population)
did not answer the question.
Education
In Messen about 385 or (39.8%) of the
population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 162 or
(16.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Of the 162 who completed tertiary schooling, 73.5% were Swiss men, 24.7% were
Swiss women.[12]
As of 2000, there were 90 students in Messen
who came from another municipality, while 33 residents attended schools outside
the municipality.
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