Nuglar-St. Pantaleon

Nuglar-St. Pantaleon (Swiss German: Nugle-Bäntlion) is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Nuglar-St. Pantaleon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.34 square kilometers (2.45 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Dorneck district, on the eastern side of the Gempen plateau.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Branch of a Cherry Tree proper in bend couped with three Cherries Gules slipped Vert and a leaf of the last.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,265 or 96.3%), with Italian being second most common (9 or 0.7%) and English being third (9 or 0.7%).

At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Nuglar-St. Pantaleon is; 123 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 223 teenagers or 17.0% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (71) were built between 1981 and 1990.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.5% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 495 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.6%.

[8] There were 706 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 11 or 19.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 8.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 15.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 3.4% were in the information industry, 12 or 20.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 13.8% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 719 or 54.7% were Roman Catholic, while 310 or 23.6% 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 Nuglar-St. Pantaleon attend their school in a neighboring municipality.

[18] As of 2000[update], there were 93 students from Nuglar-St. Pantaleon who attended schools outside the municipality.

Aerial view (1948)