Niederönz

Niederönz
Coat of arms
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Location of Niederönz
Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°41′E / 47.183°N 7.683°E / 47.183; 7.683Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°41′E / 47.183°N 7.683°E / 47.183; 7.683
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Oberaargau
Area
• Total	2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,641
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Postal code	3362
SFOS number	0982
Surrounded by	Aeschi (SO), Bolken (SO), Herzogenbuchsee, Inkwil, Oberönz, Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee, Wanzwil
Website	www.niederoenz.ch SFSO statistics

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

Niederönz is first mentioned in 1246 as Onza.

Niederönz has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.8 square kilometers (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 1.48 km² (0.57 sq mi) or 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.82 km² (0.32 sq mi) or 29.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.46 km² (0.18 sq mi) or 16.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 26.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 31.4% is used for growing crops and 19.3% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

The municipality is located along the Önz river. It includes the village sections of Dörfli, Fluhacker and Wiese.

Niederönz has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,641. As of 2007^[update], 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (91.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.7%) and Turkish being third ( 1.8%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.1%), the FDP (15.4%) and the Green Party (9.1%).