Aetigkofen

Aetigkofen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[4] The municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district, in the upper Mühle valley on the eastern foot of the Schöniberg mountain.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Fir tree Vert trunked Gules issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the second between two cinquefoils of the third voided.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Aetigkofen is; 11 children or 6.1% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 41 teenagers or 22.9% are between 7 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 35.08% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 85 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.8%.

[12] There were 107 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, of which 12 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 12.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 31.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 25.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 18.8% were in education.

[14] From the 2000 census[update], 8 or 4.5% were Roman Catholic, while 153 or 85.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.