Leimiswil

Geschichte

Leimiswil is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of Madiswil.GeographyLeimiswil has an area, of 4.65km2. Of this area, 3.51km2 or 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.87km2 or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25km2 or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. 17.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.8% is used for growing crops and 35.5% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.DemographicsLeimiswil has a population of 398., 1.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. Most of the population speaks German, with Albanian being second most common and Portuguese being third .In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the Small right-wing parties and the SPS .