| Subject Name: | Bollodingen |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Bern |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-BE |
| Coordinates: | 47.1667°N 50°W |
| Postal Code: | 3366 |
| Municipality Code: | 0974 |
| Area: | 2.0 |
| Elevation: | 476 |
| Population: | 205 |
| Populationof: | 31 December 2010 |
| Popofyear: | 2010 |
| Website: | www.bollodingen.ch |
Bollodingen is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Bettenhausen.
Bollodingen is first mentioned in 1266 as Bolathingen.
Bollodingen has an area,, of 1.96km2. Of this area, 1.18km2 or 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.59km2 or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.18km2 or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.[1]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. 30.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 18.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[1]
The municipality is located in the Önz valley.
Bollodingen has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 205.[2], 3.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.6%. Most of the population speaks German (98.6%), with French being second most common (0.9%) and English being third (0.5%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the FDP (9.2%) and the local small left-wing parties (8.2%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bollodingen about 84.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Bollodingen has an unemployment rate of 0.93%., there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 36 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 5 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.[3] The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 172 |
| 1850 | 274 |
| 1900 | 239 |
| 1950 | 236 |
| 2000 | 212 |