Pratteln
Encyclopedia
Pratteln is a municipality
in the canton
of Basel-Country in Switzerland
, located in the district of Liestal
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 10.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.9% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 25.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.8% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures, while 3.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Liestal district. The old, star-shaped village is located at the foot of Mt. Adlerberg. It has expanded down into the Rhine valley, with a new settlement and industrial development.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Or, an Eagle displayed Sable fesswise, langued, beaked and membered Gules, bordered Sable.
Most of the population speaks German
(11,408 or 76.5%), with Italian language
being second most common (1,071 or 7.2%) and Turkish
being third (581 or 3.9%). There are 184 people who speak French
and 17 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 9,604 Swiss citizens (63.0% of the population), and 5,634 non-Swiss residents (37.0%) Of the population in the municipality 4,018 or about 27.0% were born in Pratteln and lived there in 2000. There were 1,857 or 12.5% who were born in the same canton, while 3,695 or 24.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4,827 or 32.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 85 live births to Swiss citizens and 69 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 97 deaths of Swiss citizens and 13 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 12 while the foreign population increased by 56. There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 66 non-Swiss men and 66 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 76 and the non-Swiss population increased by 55 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.9%.
The age distribution, , in Pratteln is; 985 children or 6.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 1,945 teenagers or 12.8% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 2,099 people or 13.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 2,104 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 2,317 people or 15.2% are between 40 and 49, and 3,118 people or 20.5% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 2,000 people or 13.1% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 670 people or 4.4% who are over 80.
, there were 5,737 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 7,531 married individuals, 792 widows or widowers and 844 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 27.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 6,467 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 2,261 households that consist of only one person and 350 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 6,554 households that answered this question, 34.5% were households made up of just one person and 29 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 1,874 married couples without children, 1,870 married couples with children There were 361 single parents with a child or children. There were 72 households that were made up unrelated people and 87 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 1,410 single family homes (or 60.7% of the total) out of a total of 2,322 inhabited buildings. There were 580 multi-family buildings (25.0%), along with 197 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.5%) and 135 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.8%). Of the single family homes 143 were built before 1919, while 161 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (268) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 6,910 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 2,404. There were 307 single room apartments and 1,298 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 6,349 apartments (91.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 374 apartments (5.4%) were seasonally occupied and 187 apartments (2.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.6 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 765.00 CHF (US$610, £340, €490), a three room apartment was about 881.00 CHF (US$700, £400, €560) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1118.00 CHF (US$890, £500, €720). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.6%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 30.83% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(28.54%), the FDP
(15.63%) and the Green Party
(13.89%). In the federal election, a total of 3,612 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 44.8%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 9,236. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 28 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3,175, of which 1,984 or (62.5%) were in manufacturing, 102 or (3.2%) were in mining and 970 (30.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 6,025. In the tertiary sector; 1,884 or 31.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1,780 or 29.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 322 or 5.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 197 or 3.3% were in the information industry, 81 or 1.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 653 or 10.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 221 or 3.7% were in education and 376 or 6.2% were in health care.
, there were 9,477 workers who commuted into the municipality and 5,136 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 20.4% of the workforce coming into Pratteln are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 28.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 37.7% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 607 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 4.07% of the population), there were 52 individuals (or about 0.35% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 279 individuals (or about 1.87% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 5 individuals (or about 0.03% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 1,691 (or about 11.35% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 43 individuals who were Buddhist
, 47 individuals who were Hindu
and 14 individuals who belonged to another church. 2,016 (or about 13.53% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 629 individuals (or about 4.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 1,407 who completed tertiary schooling, 59.6% were Swiss men, 20.9% were Swiss women, 12.6% were non-Swiss men and 6.9% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 358 students in Pratteln who came from another municipality, while 452 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Pratteln is home to the Gemeindebibliothek Pratteln (municipal library of Pratteln).
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Basel-Country in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, located in the district of Liestal
Liestal (district)
Liestal District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. The city of Liestal serves as capital of both the district of Liestal and the canton of Basel-Country. It has a population of ....
.
Geography
Pratteln has an area, , of 10.69 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi). Of this area, 2.95 km² (1.1 sq mi) or 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3 km² (1.2 sq mi) or 28.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.61 km² (1.8 sq mi) or 43.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (24.7 acre) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acre) or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 10.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.9% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 25.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.8% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures, while 3.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Liestal district. The old, star-shaped village is located at the foot of Mt. Adlerberg. It has expanded down into the Rhine valley, with a new settlement and industrial development.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Or, an Eagle displayed Sable fesswise, langued, beaked and membered Gules, bordered Sable.
Demographics
Pratteln has a population of . , 36.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -0.8%.Most of the population speaks German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(11,408 or 76.5%), with Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
being second most common (1,071 or 7.2%) and Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
being third (581 or 3.9%). There are 184 people who speak French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and 17 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 9,604 Swiss citizens (63.0% of the population), and 5,634 non-Swiss residents (37.0%) Of the population in the municipality 4,018 or about 27.0% were born in Pratteln and lived there in 2000. There were 1,857 or 12.5% who were born in the same canton, while 3,695 or 24.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4,827 or 32.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 85 live births to Swiss citizens and 69 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 97 deaths of Swiss citizens and 13 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 12 while the foreign population increased by 56. There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 66 non-Swiss men and 66 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 76 and the non-Swiss population increased by 55 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.9%.
The age distribution, , in Pratteln is; 985 children or 6.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 1,945 teenagers or 12.8% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 2,099 people or 13.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 2,104 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 2,317 people or 15.2% are between 40 and 49, and 3,118 people or 20.5% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 2,000 people or 13.1% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 670 people or 4.4% who are over 80.
, there were 5,737 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 7,531 married individuals, 792 widows or widowers and 844 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 27.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 6,467 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 2,261 households that consist of only one person and 350 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 6,554 households that answered this question, 34.5% were households made up of just one person and 29 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 1,874 married couples without children, 1,870 married couples with children There were 361 single parents with a child or children. There were 72 households that were made up unrelated people and 87 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 1,410 single family homes (or 60.7% of the total) out of a total of 2,322 inhabited buildings. There were 580 multi-family buildings (25.0%), along with 197 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.5%) and 135 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.8%). Of the single family homes 143 were built before 1919, while 161 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (268) were built between 1919 and 1945.
there were 6,910 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 2,404. There were 307 single room apartments and 1,298 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 6,349 apartments (91.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 374 apartments (5.4%) were seasonally occupied and 187 apartments (2.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.6 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 765.00 CHF (US$610, £340, €490), a three room apartment was about 881.00 CHF (US$700, £400, €560) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1118.00 CHF (US$890, £500, €720). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.6%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire village of Pratteln is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage SitesInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 30.83% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(28.54%), the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(15.63%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(13.89%). In the federal election, a total of 3,612 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 44.8%.
Economy
, Pratteln had an unemployment rate of 3.57%. , there were 87 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 2,901 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 146 businesses in this sector. 5,991 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 543 businesses in this sector. There were 7,708 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.7% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 9,236. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 28 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3,175, of which 1,984 or (62.5%) were in manufacturing, 102 or (3.2%) were in mining and 970 (30.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 6,025. In the tertiary sector; 1,884 or 31.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1,780 or 29.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 322 or 5.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 197 or 3.3% were in the information industry, 81 or 1.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 653 or 10.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 221 or 3.7% were in education and 376 or 6.2% were in health care.
, there were 9,477 workers who commuted into the municipality and 5,136 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 20.4% of the workforce coming into Pratteln are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 28.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 37.7% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 4,319 or 29.0% were Roman Catholic, while 5,202 or 34.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 607 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 4.07% of the population), there were 52 individuals (or about 0.35% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 279 individuals (or about 1.87% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 5 individuals (or about 0.03% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 1,691 (or about 11.35% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 43 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
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, 47 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and 14 individuals who belonged to another church. 2,016 (or about 13.53% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 629 individuals (or about 4.22% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Pratteln about 5,160 or (34.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 1,407 or (9.4%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 1,407 who completed tertiary schooling, 59.6% were Swiss men, 20.9% were Swiss women, 12.6% were non-Swiss men and 6.9% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 358 students in Pratteln who came from another municipality, while 452 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Pratteln is home to the Gemeindebibliothek Pratteln (municipal library of Pratteln).