Unterramsern | ||
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Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°29′E / 47.117°N 7.483°ECoordinates: 47°7′N 7°29′E / 47.117°N 7.483°E | ||
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 |
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Unterramsern is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.
Unterramsern has an area, as of 2009[update], 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[update]) of 203. As of 2008[update], 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[update]) speaks German (173 or 98.9%) with the rest speaking French
As of 2008[update], 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.