Bollodingen
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 47°10′N 7°43′E / 47.167°N 7.717°ECoordinates: 47°10′N 7°43′E / 47.167°N 7.717°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Oberaargau | |
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| • Total | 2.0 km2 (0.8 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 476 m (1,562 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 205 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3366 | |
| SFOS number | 0974 | |
| Surrounded by | Bettenhausen, Hermiswil, Oberönz, Ochlenberg, Steinhof (SO), Thörigen | |
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Bollodingen is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Bettenhausen.
Bollodingen is first mentioned in 1266 as Bolathingen.
Bollodingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.96 km2 (0.76 sq mi). Of this area, 1.18 km2 (0.46 sq mi) or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi) or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi) or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. 30.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 18.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
The municipality is located in the Önz valley.
Bollodingen has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 205. As of 2007[update], 3.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (98.6%), with French being second most common ( 0.9%) and English being third ( 0.5%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the FDP (9.2%) and the local small left-wing parties (8.2%).
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