Untersteckholz

Untersteckholz was a municipality in the district of Aarwangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010, Untersteckholz merged into Langenthal.

Geography

Before the merger, Untersteckholz had an area,, of. This area uses or 73.9% for agricultural purposes, while or 20.8% is forested. Of the remaining land, or 5.7% is settled.
Housing and buildings comprised 2.1% of the built-up area, and transportation infrastructure comprised 3.2%. 17.7% of the land area is heavily forested, and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 56.5% is used for growing crops and 14.1% is pastures, while 3.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Demographics

Untersteckholz has a population of . , 1.2% of the population comprised foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 5.8%. Most of the population speaks German, with Rhaeto-romance being the second most common and Russian being third.
In the 2007 election, the most popular party was the SVP, which received 65.3% of the vote. The following three most popular parties were the Free [Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP], the Green Party and the local small left-wing parties.
The age distribution of the population is that children and teenagers make up 18.6% of the population, while adults make up 61.7%, and seniors make up 19.8%. In Untersteckholz, about 79.7% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Untersteckholz has an unemployment rate of 0.17%., 58 people were employed in the primary economic sector, and about 14 businesses were involved in this sector. 16 people are employed in the secondary sector, and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 11 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.