Hubersdorf

Hubersdorf is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Hubersdorf has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.36 square kilometers (0.53 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.21 km2 (0.081 sq mi) or 15.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is located in the Lebern district, in a small depression near the Siggern river in the Jura Mountains.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules in dexter a Mullet pommed Or and in sinister a Paring Knife Sable palewise.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (651 or 98.0%), with French being second most common (4 or 0.6%) and Albanian being third (3 or 0.5%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Hubersdorf is; 53 children or 8.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 134 teenagers or 20.2% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 27.02% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 252 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.1%.

[8] There were 366 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 8, of which 7 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 5.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 5.1% were in the information industry, 5 or 12.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 25 or 64.1% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 309 or 46.5% were Roman Catholic, while 228 or 34.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The education system in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten.

All the lower secondary students from Hubersdorf attend their school in a neighboring municipality.