page_title: Busswil bei Büren
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Busswil bei Büren / Population
context_page_description: Busswil bei Büren is a former municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Lyss.
context_section_description: Busswil bei Büren has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 1905.  As of 2007, 11.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.6%.  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German  (90.6%), with French being second most common ( 1.8%) and Italian being third ( 1.7%).
  In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.8% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the SPS (24.2%), the FDP (12.4%) and the Green Party (10.4%).
  The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.5% and the seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.4%.  The entire Swiss population is generally well educated.  In Busswil bei Büren about 72.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
  Busswil bei Büren has an unemployment rate of 1.21%.  As of 2005, there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector.  199 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 20 businesses in this sector.  237 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 38 businesses in this sector.
  Besides the political municipality where everybody living is a member there exists a municipality of citizens where usually old families are member of. These families are called Bangerter, Eggli, Löffel, Stauffer and Stebler, they own 0.7 km² (23%) of the ground. That makes them very important when new buildings are planned.
caption: Historic population growth
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