Niederönz
Niederönz is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Niederönz is first mentioned in 1246 as Onza.Geography
Niederönz has an area,, of. Of this area, or 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.4% is settled, or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 26.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 31.4% is used for growing crops and 19.3% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
The municipality is located along the Önz river. It includes the village sections of Dörfli, Fluhacker and Wiese.
Demographics
Niederönz has a population of., 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8%. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common and Turkish being third.In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the Green Party.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 23.8% of the population, while adults make up 62.2% and seniors make up 14%. In Niederönz about 76.7% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Niederönz has an unemployment rate of 0.96%., there were 37 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 598 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 146 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 34 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
| 1764 | 185 |
| 1850 | 435 |
| 1900 | 446 |
| 1950 | 574 |
| 2000 | 1,410 |