Thörigen

Thörigen
Coat of arms
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Location of Thörigen
Coordinates: 47°10′N 7°44′E / 47.167°N 7.733°E / 47.167; 7.733Coordinates: 47°10′N 7°44′E / 47.167°N 7.733°E / 47.167; 7.733
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Oberaargau
Area
• Total	4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation	483 m (1,585 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,090
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Postal code	3367
SFOS number	0989
Surrounded by	Bettenhausen, Bleienbach, Bollodingen, Herzogenbuchsee, Ochlenberg, Thunstetten
Website	www.thoerigen.ch SFSO statistics

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

Thörigen has an area of 4.5 km² (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 51.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Thörigen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,090. As of 2007^[update], 4.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.9%), with French being second most common ( 0.4%) and English being third ( 0.4%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 58.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (11.7%), the SPS (11.3%) and the CSP (5.1%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.4%. In Thörigen about 76.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).