Walliswil bei Wangen
Walliswil bei Wangen is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Geography. Walliswil bei Wangen has an area of . Of this area, 51.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics. Walliswil bei Wangen has a population (as of ) of . , 2.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.2%. Most  of the population () speaks German (98.7%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Albanian being third ( 0.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.6%), the FDP (10%) and the Green Party (6.8%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.8%. In Walliswil bei Wangen about 77.2% of the population (between age  25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Walliswil bei Wangen has an unemployment rate of 2.28%. , there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 58 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 11 businesses in this sector.