Nods, Switzerland
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| Population | 746 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 28 /km2 (72 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 26.63 km2 (10.28 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 885 m (2,904 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 2518 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0724 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Prêles, Diesse, Lamboing, Orvin, Corgémont, Cortébert, Courtelary, Cormoret, Villeret, Villiers, Lignières | |||||||||
| Website | www.nods.ch SFSO statistics |
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Nods is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).
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[edit] History
Nods is first mentioned in 1255 as Nos.[3]
[edit] Geography
Nods has an area, as of 2009[update], of 26.63 square kilometers (10.28 sq mi). Of this area, 11.99 km2 (4.63 sq mi) or 45.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.75 km2 (5.31 sq mi) or 51.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 47.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.9% is used for growing crops and 11.6% is pastures and 17.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[4]
[edit] Demographics
Nods has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 746.[1] As of 2007[update], 6.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (85.0%), with German being second most common (12.3%) and Portuguese being third (1.0%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (19.6%), the SPS (19.2%) and the Green Party (13.9%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.1%. In Nods about 73.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Nods has an unemployment rate of 1.27%. As of 2005[update], there were 69 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 29 businesses involved in this sector. 34 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 52 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector.[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
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| 1800 | 463 |
| 1850 | 811 |
| 1870 | 885 |
| 1900 | 738 |
| 1950 | 510 |
| 1980 | 426 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 September
- ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ^ a b Nods in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 08-Jul-2009
[edit] External links
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