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Unterramsern

Unterramsern
2011-04-17 Balonveturo (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 161.JPG
Coat of arms of Unterramsern
Coat of arms
Unterramsern is located in Switzerland
Unterramsern
Unterramsern
Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°29′E / 47.117°N 7.483°E / 47.117; 7.483Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°29′E / 47.117°N 7.483°E / 47.117; 7.483
Country Switzerland
Canton Solothurn
District Bucheggberg
Government
 • Mayor Gemeindepräsident
Area
 • Total 1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation 475 m (1,558 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 203
 • Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Postal code 4588
SFOS number 2463
Surrounded by Aetigkofen, Aetingen, Limpach (BE), Mühledorf, Mülchi (BE), Oberramsern
Website www.unterramsern.ch
SFSO statistics

Unterramsern is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.

Unterramsern has an area, as of 2009, of 1.56 square kilometers (0.60 sq mi). Of this area, 0.97 km2 (0.37 sq mi) or 62.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 28.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.4% is used for growing crops and 14.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Argent a Bear's Garlic flower between six roundels counterchanged.

Unterramsern has a population (as of December 2015) of 203. As of 2008, 5.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 17.3%.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (173 or 98.9%) with the rest speaking French

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 50.7% male and 49.3% female. The population was made up of 101 Swiss men (47.0% of the population) and 8 (3.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 100 Swiss women (46.5%) and 6 (2.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 52 or about 29.7% were born in Unterramsern and lived there in 2000. There were 41 or 23.4% who were born in the same canton, while 76 or 43.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3 or 1.7% were born outside of Switzerland.


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