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Inkwil

Inkwil
Inkwil is located in Switzerland
Inkwil
Inkwil
Inkwil is located in Canton of Bern
Inkwil
Inkwil
Coordinates: 47°12′N 7°40′E / 47.200°N 7.667°E / 47.200; 7.667Coordinates: 47°12′N 7°40′E / 47.200°N 7.667°E / 47.200; 7.667
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Oberaargau
Area
 • Total 3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi)
Elevation 464 m (1,522 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 624
 • Density 190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Postal code 3375
SFOS number 0980
Surrounded by Bolken (SO), Niederönz, Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee, Subingen (SO), Wangenried
Website www.inkwil.ch
SFSO statistics

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

Inkwil is first mentioned in 1262 as Inchwile.

Inkwil has an area, as of 2009, of 3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi). Of this area, 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi) or 49.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.21 km2 (0.47 sq mi) or 36.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. 35.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 37.5% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

It is divided into three sections; Dorf, Vorstatt and Station.

Inkwil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 624. As of 2007, 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (98.0%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (29.8%), the FDP (13.7%) and the CSP (5.4%).


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