Subingen

Subingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Subingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.25 square kilometers (2.41 sq mi).

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure an Oxen passant on Coupeaux and in Chief a Mullet of Five all Argent.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,396 or 91.3%), with Italian being second most common (47 or 1.8%) and Turkish being third (44 or 1.7%).

[8] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.

[6] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Subingen is; 249 children or 9.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 450 teenagers or 17.1% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (92) were built between 1981 and 1990.

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The Erdbeereinschlag, a number of Iron Age graves, are listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.88% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 837 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.4%.

[7] There were 1,441 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 986.

In the tertiary sector; 84 or 27.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 4.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 4.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 18 or 5.8% were in the information industry, 7 or 2.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 23 or 7.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 63 or 20.3% were in education and 13 or 4.2% were in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 1,067 or 40.6% were Roman Catholic, while 928 or 35.4% 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 Subingen attend their school in a neighboring municipality.