Lüterkofen-Ichertswil

Lüterkofen-Ichertswil is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.

It was formed in 1961 from the merger of the two previously independent municipalities of Lüterkofen and Ichertswil.

[4] Lüterkofen-Ichertswil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.42 square kilometers (1.71 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi) or 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of five Or and Gules, on the middle Pale Or three Chevrons Sable[7] Lüterkofen-Ichertswil has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 878.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (626 or 97.7%), with French being second most common (5 or 0.8%) and Dutch being third (2 or 0.3%).

[11] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female.

[9] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Lüterkofen-Ichertswil is; 31 children or 4.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 94 teenagers or 14.7% are between 7 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[15][16] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 39.43% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 314 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.6%.

[10] There were 377 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 102.

In the tertiary sector; 17 or 32.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 17.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 6 or 11.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 11.5% were in education and 2 or 3.8% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 95 or 14.8% were Roman Catholic, while 426 or 66.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Biberenbach river near Lüterkofen-Ichertswil
Ichertswil