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Eriswil
Eriswil
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Eriswil
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Oberaargau
Government
• Mayor	Regina Baumann
Area
• Total	11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Elevation	740 m (2,430 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	1,396
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4952
SFOS number	0953
ISO 3166 code	CH-BE
Surrounded by	Huttwil, Luthern (LU), Sumiswald, Ufhusen (LU), Wyssachen
Website	www.eriswil.ch ; SFSO statistics

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Eriswil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.

History

Eriswil is first mentioned in 1256 as Erolzwile.^[3]

Geography

Eriswil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of Template:Km2 to mi2. Of this area, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while Template:Km2 to mi2 or 26.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), Template:Km2 to mi2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and Template:Km2 to mi2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.^[4]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. 22.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.0% is used for growing crops and 46.7% is pastures, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.^[4]

The municipality is located in part of the Oberaargau. It includes the village of Eriswil, the Gütergemeinden Vorder- and Hinterdorf, and the hamlets of Neuligen and Schwendi. Schwendi joined the municipality in 1888-89 following a survey of the border with Wyssachen.

Demographics

Eriswil has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,358.^[5] As of 2007^[update], 4.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.8%) and French being third ( 0.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.6%), the local small left-wing parties (11.7%) and the Green Party (7.5%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Eriswil about 66.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Eriswil has an unemployment rate of 0.75%. As of 2005^[update], there were 192 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 68 businesses involved in this sector. 111 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 26 businesses in this sector. 149 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 27 businesses in this sector.^[6] The historical population is given in the following table:^[3]

year	population
1730	1,726
1764	2,092
1850	1,973
1900	2,083
1950	1,847
2000	1,439

References

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b Eriswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
^ ^a ^b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:De icon accessed 25 March 2010
^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17-Jul-2009

External links

Official website of the municipality Template:De icon
Anne-Marie Dubler: Eriswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v13-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v13-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[HDS-3] Eriswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[BFS_land-4] Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:De icon accessed 25 March 2010

[Stat2020_BE-5] "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[SFSO-6] Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17-Jul-2009

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 ==Geography==
-Eriswil has an area of {{km2 to mi2|11.3|abbr=on}}.  Of this area, 67.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.9% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>
+Eriswil has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{km2 to mi2|11.36|abbr=on}}.  Of this area, {{km2 to mi2|7.61|abbr=on}} or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{km2 to mi2|2.97|abbr=on}} or 26.1% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, {{km2 to mi2|0.73|abbr=on}} or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), {{km2 to mi2|0.01|abbr=on}} or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and {{km2 to mi2|0.01|abbr=on}} or 0.1% is unproductive land.<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 {{de icon}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
+Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%.  22.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 17.0% is used for growing crops and 46.7% is pastures, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.  All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.<ref name=BFS_land/>
 The municipality is located in part of the [[Oberaargau]].  It includes the village of Eriswil, the ''Gütergemeinden'' Vorder- and Hinterdorf, and the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Neuligen and Schwendi.  Schwendi joined the municipality in 1888-89 following a survey of the border with [[Wyssachen]].