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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name		= Rümligen
| image_photo  = Rümligen.jpg
| image_caption  = Rümligen Castle in Rümligen
| municipality_type	= former
| imagepath_coa	= Rümligen-coat of arms.svg
| canton		= Bern
| iso-code-region 	= CH-BE
| district		= [[Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)|Bern-Mittelland]]
|coordinates  = {{coord|46|50|N|7|30|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code		= 3128
| municipality_code	= 0881
| area			= 4.7
| elevation		= 606|elevation_description=
| population   = 466 | populationof = Dec 2019| popofyear = 2019
| website   = www.ruemligen.ch
| mayor   = Martin Studer |mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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| places		=
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| neighboring_municipalities= [[Gelterfingen]], [[Kaufdorf]], [[Kirchenthurnen]], [[Riggisberg]], [[Rüeggisberg]]
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'''Rümligen''' is a former [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)|Bern-Mittelland administrative district]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Bern (canton)|Bern]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Rümligen merged into [[Riggisberg]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.agvchapp.bfs.admin.ch/de/home |title=Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden |year=2021 | work=bfs.admin.ch | publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |accessdate= 27 January 2021}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Schloss Rümligen DSC05472.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Rümligen Castle]]
Rümligen is first mentioned in 1075 as ''Rumelingen''.<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|504|Rümligen}}</ref>
The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a [[Treasure trove|cache]] of Early-[[Bronze Age]] axes. During the [[High Middle Ages]] the [[Freiherr]] von Rümligen owned a vast swathe of land between the [[Gürbetal|Gürbe]] and [[Sense (river)|Sense]] rivers. They donated some of their estates to found and support [[Rüeggisberg Priory|Rüeggisberg]] and [[Röthenbach im Emmental|Röthenbach]] Priories. In 1380 the Sommerau-Rümligen family inherited the land when Alisa von Rümligen married into the Sommerau family. In 1388 the Freiherren came under [[Bern]]ese control, though they continued to own the estates for another century and a half. In 1515 the Sommerau-Rümligen lost the ''[[Herrschaft (territory)|Herrschaft]]'' and by the 17th century a series of Bernese [[Patrician (post-Roman Europe)|patrician]] families owned Rümligen. In 1709 Samuel Frisching, built the modern [[Rümligen Castle]] around the core of the medieval castle.<ref name=HDS/>
The village has always been part of the large [[parish]] of Thurnen.
The local farmers raised crops on the valley floor and pastured cattle in [[Alpine transhumance|seasonal alpine camps]]. Today a large minority (43%) of the local jobs are still in agriculture. About two-thirds of the work force commutes to jobs in nearby cities. The municipal association runs a small school in the village.
==Geography==
[[File:2010-03-28 Guerbe-Valo (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 187.jpg|thumb|View of the Gürbe Valley from Rümligen]]
Rümligen had an area of {{Swiss area|0881|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|0881|QUELLE}}<!--4.65 - 4.65 km2--> As of 2012, a total of {{convert|3.51|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.77|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 16.6% is forested. The rest of the municipality is {{convert|0.35|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.02|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
During the same year, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. A total of 11.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.1% is used for growing crops and 37.4% is pasturage, while 3.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The former municipality is located in the [[Gürbetal|Gürbetal or Gürbe Valley]] near Längenberg mountain. It consists of the village of Rümligen and the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Hermiswil and Hasli as well as scattered farmhouses.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Seftigen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113231755/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html |date=2015-11-13 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>
==Coat of arms==
The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Per fess Argent and Gules two Mullets in pale counterchanged.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-be322.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 24 April 2014</ref>
==Demographics==
[[File:2010-03-28 Rümligen (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 184.jpg|thumb|Houses in Rümligen village]]
Rümligen had a population (as of 2019) of 437. {{as of|2012}}, 5.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 2 years (2010-2012) the population has changed at a rate of -1.6%. Migration accounted for -3.8%, while births and deaths accounted for 1.3%.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 24 April 2014</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (433 or 96.7%) as their first language, [[French language|French]] is the second most common (4 or 0.9%) and [[Italian language|Italian]] is the third (2 or 0.4%).<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2008}}, the population was 51.7% male and 48.3% female. The population was made up of 219 Swiss men (49.2% of the population) and 11 (2.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 206 Swiss women (46.3%) and 9 (2.0%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=BE_Stat>[http://www.fin.be.ch/de/index/finanzen/finanzen/publikationen/wohnbevoelkerung.html Statistical office of the Canton of Bern] {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 January 2012</ref> Of the population in the municipality, 128 or about 28.6% were born in Rümligen and lived there in 2000. There were 225 or 50.2% who were born in the same canton, while 50 or 11.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 20 or 4.5% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2012}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.0% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.2%.<ref name=SFSO/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 202 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 212 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2013-08-09 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2010}}, there were 44 households that consist of only one person and 13 households with five or more people.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/04/blank/key/haushaltsgroesse.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Haushaltsgrösse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073036/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/04/blank/key/haushaltsgroesse.html |date=2014-10-06 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 May 2013</ref> {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 153 apartments (86.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (9.6%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (4.5%) were empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2013|alt=in 2013}}, was 3.2%. In 2011, single family homes made up 47.1% of the total housing in the municipality.<ref>[http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2011] accessed 17 June 2013</ref>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS/><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/04/01.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige Wohnbevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Gemeinde und Haushaltsgrösse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718073109/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/04/01.html |date=2014-07-18 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 12 August 2013</ref><timeline>
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==Heritage sites of national significance==
[[File:SchlossRuemligen 6329.jpg|thumb|Rümligen Castle]]
[[Rümligen Castle]] is listed as a Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.babs.admin.ch/de/aufgabenbabs/kgs/inventar/a-objekte.html |title= Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|date= 1 January 2017|website=A-Objects |publisher=Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS) |access-date= 6 September 2017}}</ref>
==Politics==
In the [[2011 Swiss federal election|2011 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP)]] which received 37.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party (BDP)]] (20.0%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP)]] (13.4%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (8.1%). In the federal election, a total of 191 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 52.9%.<ref name=election_2011>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114214422/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html |date=2013-11-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 May 2012</ref>
==Economy==
{{as of|2011|In 2011}}, Rümligen had an unemployment rate of 1.14%. {{as of|2011}}, there were a total of 124 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 62 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 20 businesses involved in this sector. 27 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 8 businesses in this sector. 35 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 15 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 221 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.7% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} there were a total of 103 [[full-time equivalent]] jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 42, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 21 of which 4 or (19.0%) were in manufacturing and 17 (81.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 40. In the tertiary sector; 13 or 32.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 20.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 30.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 7.5% were in education.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 44 workers who commuted into the municipality and 145 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 76 workers (63.3% of the 120 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Rümligen.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 8.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.8% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Rümligen making 150,000 [[Swiss franc|CHF]] was 12.4%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 18.2%.<ref>[http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Steuerbelastung, 2011 Politische Gemeinden] {{in lang|de}} accessed 15 May 2013</ref> For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in the same year, was 14.2% and 22.0%, while the nationwide average was 12.3% and 21.1% respectively.<ref>[http://www.estv2.admin.ch/d/dokumentation/zahlen_fakten/karten/sb-2011_rangliste/index-d.htm Swiss Federal Tax Administration - Grafische Darstellung der Steuerbelastung 2011 in den Kantonen] {{in lang|de|fr}} accessed 17 June 2013</ref>
In 2009 there were a total of 221 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 69 made over 75,000 CHF per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Rümligen was 108,297 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF.<ref>[http://www.estv.admin.ch/dokumentation/00075/00076/00701/01362/index.html?lang=de Federal Tax Administration Report Direkte Bundessteuer - Natürliche Personen - Gemeinden - Steuerjahr 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006202236/http://www.estv.admin.ch/dokumentation/00075/00076/00701/01362/index.html?lang=de |date=2014-10-06 }} {{in lang|de|fr}} accessed 15 May 2013</ref>
In 2011 a total of 1.1% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.<ref>[http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Bezüger/-innen von Sozialhilfeleistungen (Sozialhilfeempfänger/-innen), 2011] accessed 18 June 2013</ref>
==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 345 or 77.0% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]], while 28 or 6.3% were [[Roman Catholic]]. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|member of an Orthodox church]], and there were 29 individuals (or about 6.47% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 34 (or about 7.59% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 11 individuals (or about 2.46% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education==
In Rümligen about 63.5% of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 15.2% have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/> Of the 41 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 85.4% were Swiss men, 7.3% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]], followed by six years of Primary school. 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]].<ref>{{Cite report |title=Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |accessdate= 24 June 2010 }}</ref>
During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 15 students attending classes in Rümligen. There were no kindergarten classes in the municipality. The municipality had one primary class for all 15 students. Of the primary students, 6.7% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens).<ref name=School>[http://www.erz.be.ch/erz/de/index/direktion/organisation/generalsekretariat/statistik/schul-_und_gemeindetabellen.html Schuljahr 2011/12 pdf document]{{in lang|de}} accessed 9 May 2013</ref>
{{as of|2000|In 2000}}, there were a total of 40 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 40 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 33 students from Rümligen attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/> During the same year, 33 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
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