Oberdorf is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
History
Oberdorf is first mentioned in 1305 as Oberdorf, the name has stayed the same.
Geography
Oberdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 67.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 11.1% is used for growing crops and 7.3% is pastures and 5.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Lebern district, on a terrace at the southern foot of the Weissenstein of the Jura mountains. Oberdorf lies at , to the north-west of Solothurn, the capital of the Canton of Solothurn.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure St. Michael Argent with Wings displayed holding in dexter a Sword and in sinister Scales.
Demographics
Oberdorf has a population () of . , 5.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.6%.
Most of the population () speaks German (1,527 or 94.7%), with French being second most common (20 or 1.2%) and Italian being third (13 or 0.8%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population was made up of 752 Swiss men (44.3% of the population) and 68 (4.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 828 Swiss women (48.8%) and 49 (2.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 400 or about 24.8% were born in Oberdorf and lived there in 2000. There were 564 or 35.0% who were born in the same canton, while 441 or 27.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 170 or 10.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and were 6 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 7 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland and 3 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 31 and the non-Swiss population increased by 3 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.1%.
The age distribution, , in Oberdorf is; 111 children or 6.9% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 272 teenagers or 16.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 62 people or 3.8% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 476 people or 29.5% are between 25 and 44, and 432 people or 26.8% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 197 people or 12.2% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 62 people or 3.8% who are over 80.
, there were 595 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 861 married individuals, 78 widows or widowers and 78 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 621 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 128 households that consist of only one person and 42 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 632 households that answered this question, 20.3% were households made up of just one person and there were 7 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 230 married couples without children, 225 married couples with children There were 21 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up of unrelated people and 11 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 357 single-family homes (or 73.0% of the total) out of a total of 489 inhabited buildings. There were 76 multi-family buildings (15.5%), along with 43 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.8%) and 13 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.7%). Of the single-family homes 24 were built before 1919, while 73 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single-family homes (88) were built between 1981 and 1990.