{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Flumenthal | image_photo = Flumenthal05.jpg | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = Flumenthal-blason.png|pixel_coa= | canton = Solothurn | iso-code-region = CH-SO | district = [[Lebern (district)|Lebern]] |coordinates = {{coord|47|14|N|7|36|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 4534 | municipality_code = 2545 | area = 3.11 | elevation = 430|elevation_description= | population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-SO|2545}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-SO}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-SO}} | website = www.flumenthal.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Attiswil]] (BE), [[Deitingen]], [[Hubersdorf]], [[Riedholz]], [[Wangen an der Aare]] (BE) | twintowns = |}}
'''Flumenthal''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Lebern (district)|Lebern]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Solothurn (canton)|Solothurn]] in [[Switzerland]].
==Flumenthal dam== The [[Flumenthal dam]] was erected in the 1970s on river [[Aare]] during the Second [[Jura water correction]] in order to regulate the waters of the Seeland's three lakes hydrological system further downstream of the [[Regulating Dam Port, Seeland, Switzerland|regulating dam Port]].
==Geography== [[File:ETH-BIB-Flumenthal-LBS H1-021706.tif|thumb|left|Aerial view (1958)]] Flumenthal has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|3.11|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|1.52|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 48.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.77|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 24.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.61|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 19.6% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.17|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 5.5% is either rivers or lakes and {{convert|0.02|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.6% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 21.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.8% is used for growing crops and 14.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality is located in the Lebern district. The northern part of Flumenthal lies on a gravel terrace that was built up by the [[Aare]] river, while the southern part lies along the river.
==Coat of arms== The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Gold a Moor's head with Headband and Collar Silver and Lips Gules.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-so057.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 30-March-2011</ref>
==Demographics== Flumenthal has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-SO}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-SO|2545}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-SO}} {{as of|2008}}, 8.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=June 28, 2010 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -4%.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=January 5, 2016 }} accessed 30-March-2011</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (956 or 95.0%), with [[Albanian language|Albanian]] being second most common (11 or 1.1%) and [[Italian language|Italian]] being third (10 or 1.0%). There are 2 people who speak [[French language|French]] and 1 person who speaks [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2008}}, the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 446 Swiss men (45.2% of the population) and 48 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 458 Swiss women (46.4%) and 35 (3.5%) non-Swiss women.<ref>[http://www.so.ch/departemente/finanzen/amt-fuer-finanzen/statistik/themen/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstatistik.html Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Nationalität und Geschlecht] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305041342/http://www.so.ch/departemente/finanzen/amt-fuer-finanzen/statistik/themen/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstatistik.html |date=March 5, 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 11 March 2011</ref> Of the population in the municipality 306 or about 30.4% were born in Flumenthal and lived there in 2000. There were 352 or 35.0% who were born in the same canton, while 227 or 22.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 90 or 8.9% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 7 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 18 and the non-Swiss population increased by 8 people. This represents a [[Population growth#Population growth rate|population growth rate]] of -1.0%.<ref name=HDS_superweb/>
The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Flumenthal is; 77 children or 7.7% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 152 teenagers or 15.1% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 57 people or 5.7% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 340 people or 33.8% are between 25 and 44, and 253 people or 25.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 102 people or 10.1% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 25 people or 2.5% who are over 80.<ref>[http://www.so.ch/fileadmin/internet/fd/fafaa/pdf/statistik_allgemein/demografie_vz2000_gemeinden.pdf Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung nach Gemeinden, Nationalität, Altersgruppen und Zivilstand, Total (Männer + Frauen)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707003128/http://www.so.ch/fileadmin/internet/fd/fafaa/pdf/statistik_allgemein/demografie_vz2000_gemeinden.pdf |date=July 7, 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 11 March 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 400 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 502 married individuals, 54 widows or widowers and 50 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212530/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=April 9, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 428 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 125 households that consist of only one person and 23 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 438 households that answered this question, 28.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 131 married couples without children, 136 married couples with children There were 26 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 10 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 168 single family homes (or 66.4% of the total) out of a total of 253 inhabited buildings. There were 50 multi-family buildings (19.8%), along with 30 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (11.9%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.0%). Of the single family homes 15 were built before 1919, while 22 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (34) were built between 1981 and 1990.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=trueSwiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121033424/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=trueSwiss |date=January 21, 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 443 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 169. There were 6 single room apartments and 160 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 408 apartments (92.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 27 apartments (6.1%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (1.8%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.65%.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=September 30, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref> <timeline> Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1100 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:346 text:"346" bar:1860 from:start till:369 text:"369" bar:1870 from:start till:424 text:"424" bar:1880 from:start till:382 text:"382" bar:1888 from:start till:389 text:"389" bar:1900 from:start till:483 text:"483" bar:1910 from:start till:587 text:"587" bar:1920 from:start till:663 text:"663" bar:1930 from:start till:727 text:"727" bar:1941 from:start till:720 text:"720" bar:1950 from:start till:802 text:"802" bar:1960 from:start till:809 text:"809" bar:1970 from:start till:752 text:"752" bar:1980 from:start till:915 text:"915" bar:1990 from:start till:1001 text:"1,001" bar:2000 from:start till:1006 text:"1,006" </timeline>
==Heritage sites of national significance== The [[Parish Church]] of St. Peter and Paul is listed as a Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000116.DownloadFile.tmp/so.pdf |title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Solothurn |year=2009 |work=KGS Inventar |publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection |language=German |access-date=12 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718143839/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000116.DownloadFile.tmp/so.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref>
==Politics== In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 26.43% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (22.39%), the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (21.46%) and the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (19.07%). In the federal election, a total of 327 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 41.7%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=May 14, 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>
==Economy== {{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Flumenthal had an unemployment rate of 2.7%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 23 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 67 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 14 businesses in this sector. 265 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 28 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 585 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.7% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 259. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 61 of which 17 or (27.9%) were in manufacturing and 45 (73.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 183. In the tertiary sector; 6 or 3.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 2.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 34 or 18.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 1.6% were in the information industry, 3 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 5.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 3.3% were in education and 113 or 61.7% were in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=December 25, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 65 workers who commuted into the municipality and 503 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804051358/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2007-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 13.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 68% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 396 or 39.4% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 349 or 34.7% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 7 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 0.70% of the population), there were 5 individuals (or about 0.50% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there were 21 individuals (or about 2.09% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 20 (or about 1.99% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic. There were 2 individuals who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]]. 183 (or about 18.19% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 23 individuals (or about 2.29% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education== In Flumenthal about 447 or (44.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 83 or (8.3%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 83 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.9% were Swiss men, 18.1% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 94 students in the Flumenthal school system. The [[Education in Switzerland|education system]] in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]].<ref>[http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/schulsystem.html Canton of Solothurn - Education information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508024839/http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/schulsystem.html |date=May 8, 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 11 March 2011</ref> During that school year, there were 18 children in kindergarten. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of [[primary school]], with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In the municipality there were 76 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. All the lower secondary students from Flumenthal attend their school in a neighboring municipality.<ref>[http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/statistik/daten.html Canton of Solothurn - School statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707003114/http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/statistik/daten.html |date=July 7, 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 13 March 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 11 students in Flumenthal who came from another municipality, while 55 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{HDS|1147|Flumenthal}}
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