Wileroltigen

Wileroltigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] During the Early Middle Ages the region around Wileroltigen belonged to St. Maurice's Abbey.

It was eventually combined with the villages of Gurbrü and Golaten to form a court in the bailiwick of Laupen.

Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 2.6% is either rivers or lakes.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Vine tree Vert propped and fructed Or issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupaux of the last.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (341 or 95.0%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (10 or 2.8%) and Portuguese is the third (2 or 0.6%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The entire village of Wileroltigen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

In the federal election, a total of 131 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.3%.

[9] There were 174 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 20.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 15.0% were in education and 5 or 25.0% were in health care.

[21] From the 2000 census[update], 293 or 81.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 36 or 10.0% were Roman Catholic.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[22] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 52 students attending classes in Wileroltigen.

[23] As of  2000[update], there were a total of 49 students attending any school in the municipality.

Aerial view (1962)
Fields and houses in Wileroltigen
Barn and farmhouse in the village
A farmhouse in the municipality