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44-455: Schönenwerd is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland . Schönenwerd is first mentioned in 778 as Werith . Schönenwerd has an area, as of 2009, of 3.73 square kilometers (1.44 sq mi). Of this area, 0.39 km (0.15 sq mi) or 10.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.61 km (0.62 sq mi) or 43.2%

88-676: A Fachhochschule ). Of the 414 who completed tertiary schooling, 62.1% were Swiss men, 19.1% were Swiss women, 11.4% were non-Swiss men and 7.5% were non-Swiss women. During the 2010–2011 school year there were a total of 180 students in the Schönenwerd school system. The education system in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten . During that school year, there were children in kindergarten. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school , with some of

132-477: A certain time in Switzerland are also allowed to participate in municipal politics. As at the cantonal and federal level, citizens enjoy political rights, including direct democratic ones, in their municipality. Municipalities are financed through direct taxes (such as income tax ), with rates varying more or less within a framework set by the canton (see Taxation in Switzerland ). As among the cantons, there

176-724: A church to commemorate the 1270s Augustinian abbey church. As the whole community was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for refusing to accept the First Vatican Council , the Augustinerkirche at the Münzplatz became its present parish church. Ferdinand Stadler (1813–1870), an architect born in Zürich, was charged with the construction of a new church building. In February 2000, Denise Wyss

220-522: A decrease of 18 and the non-Swiss population increased by 69 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.1%. The age distribution, as of 2000, in Schönenwerd is; 310 children or 6.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 808 teenagers or 17.0% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 282 people or 5.9% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 1,425 people or 29.9% are between 25 and 44, and 1,146 people or 24.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution

264-547: A total of 2,015 households that answered this question, 31.4% were households made up of just one person and there were 20 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 563 married couples without children, 638 married couples with children There were 105 single parents with a child or children. There were 22 households that were made up of unrelated people and 35 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. In 2000 there were 634 single family homes (or 63.0% of

308-542: Is 545 people or 11.4% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 245 people or 5.1% who are over 80. As of 2000, there were 1,882 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,336 married individuals, 315 widows or widowers and 228 individuals who are divorced. As of 2000, there were 1,980 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 632 households that consist of only one person and 125 households with five or more people. Out of

352-449: Is a tax transfer among the municipalities to balance various levels of tax income. Switzerland has a relatively high number of small municipalities, with a population of 1,000 or less, especially in rural areas. Because of the increasing difficulty in providing professional government services and in finding volunteers for political offices in small municipalities, the cantons tend to encourage voluntary mergers of municipalities. This led to

396-502: Is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.55 km (0.60 sq mi) or 41.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18 km (0.069 sq mi) or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of

440-600: The 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.34% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (18.71%), the SP (17.49%) and the CVP (13.97%). In the federal election, a total of 1,218 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.6%. As of  2010, Schönenwerd had an unemployment rate of 4.5%. As of 2008, there were 7 people employed in

484-809: The Bürgerrecht (citizenship), regardless of where they were born or where they may currently live. Instead of the place of birth , Swiss legal documents, e.g. passports, contain the Bürgerort (place of citizenship, or place of origin ). The Bürgergemeinde also often holds and administers the common property in the village for the members of the community. Each canton determines the powers and responsibilities of its municipalities. These may include providing local government services such as education, medical and social services, public transportation, and tax collection. The degree of centralization varies from one canton to another. The federal constitution protects

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528-561: The Swiss cantons , which form the Swiss Confederation . In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions. There are 2,131 municipalities as of January 2024 . Their populations range between several hundred thousand ( Zürich ), and a few dozen people ( Kammersrohr , Bister ), and their territory between 0.32 km² ( Rivaz ) and 439 km² ( Scuol ). The beginnings of

572-454: The collegiate church of St. Leodegar on a hill down toward the Aare river. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced per fess Gules, Argent and Sable overall a Fleur de lis counterchanged Argent, Gules and Argent. Schönenwerd has a population (as of December 2020) of 5,057. As of 2008, 35.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 )

616-406: The primary economic sector and about 2 businesses involved in this sector. 781 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 64 businesses in this sector. 1,326 people were employed in the tertiary sector , with 209 businesses in this sector. There were 2,439 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.4% of the workforce. In 2008

660-716: The Christian Catholic bishop exercised the function of co-president from 2004 to 2009. Christian Catholic theologians are also significantly involved in the current (international) dialogue commissions of the Union of Utrecht for Dialogue with Rome, with the Ecumenical Patriarchate , the Church of Sweden , and the Mar Thoma Church of India . The episcopal see of the denomination has been

704-453: The area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 4.6% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.5% is in lakes and 4.3% is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located in the Olten district. The village stretches from

748-403: The autonomy of municipalities within the framework set out by cantonal law. Municipalities are generally governed by an executive council headed by a president or mayor . Legislative authority is exercised by a town meeting of all citizens, or by a municipal parliament, depending on the size of the municipality, and on cantonal and municipal law. In some cantons, foreigners who have lived for

792-457: The children attending smaller, specialized classes. In the municipality there were students in primary school. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. 180 lower secondary students attend school in Schönenwerd. As of 2000, there were 193 students in Schönenwerd who came from another municipality, while 122 residents attended schools outside

836-724: The exercise of political rights for everyone except the members of the Bürgergemeinde . In the Regeneration era (1830–1848), the liberal revolutions of the common people helped to restore some rights again in a few cantons. In other cantons, the Bürgergemeinden were able to maintain power as political communities. In the city of Zürich it was not until the Municipal Act of 1866 that the political municipality came back into existence. The relationship between

880-584: The modern municipality system date back to the Helvetic Republic . Under the Old Swiss Confederacy , citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws. The creation of a uniform Swiss citizenship, which applied equally for citizens of

924-471: The municipalities under cantonal or federal law. Municipalities are numbered by the Swiss Federal Office for Statistics (see Community Identification Number#Switzerland ). One or more postal codes (PLZ/NPA) can by assigned to a municipality or shared with other municipalities. Between 2011 and 2021 nine of the smallest municipalities merged into others as part of the effort to eliminate

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968-479: The municipality and 1,768 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 23.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.4% used a private car. From the 2000 census, 1,833 or 38.5% were Roman Catholic , while 1,364 or 28.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church . Of

1012-402: The municipality. SIS Swiss International School Schönenwerd is in the city. Municipalities of Switzerland Municipalities ( German : Gemeinden , Einwohnergemeinden or politische Gemeinden ; French : communes ; Italian : comuni ; Romansh : vischnancas ) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of

1056-413: The municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 684. There were 101 single room apartments and 602 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,938 apartments (90.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 90 apartments (4.2%) were seasonally occupied and 115 apartments (5.4%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units

1100-727: The national level, the Dialogue Commission of the Christian Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches in Switzerland (CRGK) has existed since 1966. At the international level, within the framework of the ecumenical dialogues of the Union of Utrecht, the Christian Catholic Church was represented in the E. Orthodox -Old Catholic Dialogue at all meetings from 1975 to 1987; in the International Roman Catholic-Old Catholic Dialogue Commission (IRAD),

1144-436: The number of municipalities dropping by 384 between the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2019. Some municipalities designate themselves as "city" ( ville or Stadt ) or as "village" ( Dorf ). These designations result from tradition or local preference – for example, several small municipalities designated as cities held city rights in medieval times – and normally do not impact the legal or political rights or obligations of

1188-533: The old towns and their tenants and servants, led to conflict. The wealthier villagers and urban citizens held rights to forests, common land and other municipal property which they did not want to share with the "new citizens", who were generally poor. The compromise solution, which was written into the municipal laws of the Helvetic Republic, is still valid today. Two politically separate but often geographically similar organizations were created. The first,

1232-408: The political municipality and the Bürgergemeinde was often dominated by the latter's ownership of community property. Often the administration and profit from the property were totally held by the Bürgergemeinden , leaving the political municipality dependent on the Bürgergemeinde for money and use of the property. It was not until the political municipality acquired rights over property that served

1276-447: The political voting and electoral body rights from the Bürgergemeinde . In the cities, the percentage of members in the Bürgergemeinde in the population was reduced as a result of increasing emigration to the cities. This led to the Bürgergemeinde losing its former importance to a large extent. However, the Bürgergemeinde has remained, and it includes all individuals who are citizens of the Bürgergemeinde , usually by having inherited

1320-399: The population has changed at a rate of -1.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (3,704 or 77.8%), with Italian being second most common (439 or 9.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (123 or 2.6%). There are 50 people who speak French and 7 people who speak Romansh . As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population

1364-402: The population of Swiss citizens decreased by 19 while the foreign population increased by 19. There were 6 Swiss men and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 35 non-Swiss men and 10 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was

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1408-508: The population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 187 individuals (or about 3.93% of the population) did not answer the question. Schönenwerd sits on the Olten–Aarau line and is served by trains at Schönenwerd railway station . In Schönenwerd about 1,605 or (33.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education , and 414 or (8.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or

1452-507: The public (such as schools, fire stations, etc.) and taxes, that they obtained full independence. For example, in the city of Bern, it was not until after the property division of 1852 that the political municipality had the right to levy taxes. It was not until the Federal Constitution of 1874 that all Swiss citizens were granted equal political rights on local and Federal levels. This revised constitution finally removed all

1496-401: The repair of motor vehicles, 34 or 3.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 59 or 6.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 1.3% were in the information industry, 43 or 4.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 112 or 12.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 70 or 7.5% were in education and 121 or 13.0% were in health care. In 2000, there were 1,318 workers who commuted into

1540-552: The rest of the population, there were 184 members of an Orthodox church (or about 3.86% of the population), there were 49 individuals (or about 1.03% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 151 individuals (or about 3.17% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 366 (or about 7.69% of the population) who were Islamic . There were 13 individuals who were Buddhist , 18 individuals who were Hindu and 4 individuals who belonged to another church. 592 (or about 12.43% of

1584-504: The smallest communities. Only Bister has not merged into a new municipality although the smallest municipality is now Kammersrohr with a population of just 32. In addition to the municipalities as basic territorial political subdivisions, a number of other local subdivisions exist in several cantons. These include: Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland In 1871 the Zürich Catholic community planned to build

1628-677: The so-called municipality, was a political community formed by election and its voting body consists of all resident citizens. However, the community land and property remained with the former local citizens who were gathered together into the Bürgergemeinde /bourgeoisie. During the Mediation era (1803–1814), and especially during the Restoration era (1814–1830), many of the gains toward uniform citizenship were lost. Many political municipalities were abolished and limits were placed on

1672-404: The total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,637. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 701 of which 257 or (36.7%) were in manufacturing and 412 (58.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 931. In the tertiary sector; 319 or 34.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or

1716-495: The total) out of a total of 1,007 inhabited buildings. There were 246 multi-family buildings (24.4%), along with 77 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.6%) and 50 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.0%). Of the single family homes 104 were built before 1919, while 46 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (172) were built between 1919 and 1945. In 2000 there were 2,143 apartments in

1760-428: The trend of church departures from the two large national churches, the Christian Catholic Church has again recorded a constant increase in membership since 1990. Between 1990 and 2000, the number of members grew by over 13% from 11,748 to 13,312. In 2009, Bishop Harald Rein was elected as the head of the church. Prior to this, he served as a parish priest and as vicar general of the church. On September 12, 2009, he

1804-434: Was ordained within the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland, as the first female Old Catholic priest of Switzerland . Between 1970 and 1990, the membership of the Christian Catholic Church decreased from 20,268 to only 11,748 members. Data from the last censuses show that the aging of the population is a much greater problem for the Christian Catholic Church than for the other national churches. However, contrary to

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1848-598: Was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 2.82%. The historical population is given in the following chart: The Bally Areal, the Christian Catholic collegiate church of St. Leodegar and the Granary im Ballypark are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance . The entire village of Schönenwerd is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites . In

1892-666: Was consecrated in Zurich by Archbishop Joris Vercammen of Utrecht. In August 2020, same-sex marriages were allowed in Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland. In ecumenism, the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is a member at the national level of the Association of Christian Churches in Switzerland, and at the international level of the Conference of European Churches and the World Council of Churches . At

1936-663: Was made up of 1,415 Swiss men (29.6% of the population) and 978 (20.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,597 Swiss women (33.4%) and 797 (16.6%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 1,097 or about 23.0% were born in Schönenwerd and lived there in 2000. There were 740 or 15.5% who were born in the same canton, while 1,454 or 30.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,321 or 27.7% were born outside of Switzerland. In 2008 there were 23 live births to Swiss citizens and 21 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 42 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration,

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