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Aeschi
Aeschi
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Aeschi
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Wasseramt
Area
• Total	5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	1,214
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4556
SFOS number	2511
ISO 3166 code	CH-SO
Localities	Burgäschi, Aeschi
Surrounded by	Bolken, Etziken, Heinrichswil-Winistorf, Hersiwil, Niederönz (BE), Oberönz (BE), Seeberg (BE)
Website	www.aeschi-so.ch ; SFSO statistics

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Aeschi is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Burgäschisee is a lake in the forest on the border with Seeberg.

Geography

Aeschi has an area, as of 2009^[update], of Template:Km2 to mi2. Of this area, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while Template:Km2 to mi2 or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Template:Km2 to mi2 or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), Template:Km2 to mi2 or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 1.1% is unproductive land.^[3]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.9% is used for growing crops and 13.4% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.^[3]

The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, in the upper moraine landscape along the Solothurn-Herzogenbuchsee main road. It consists of the village of Aeschi as well as, the hamlet of Burgäschi. Burgäschi was part of Aeschi until 1829 and after 1994.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Anchored Cross Sable over an Angle plate Or between four Mullets of the last over a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.^[4]

Demographics

Aeschi has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 1,268.^[5] As of 2008^[update], 4.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.^[6] Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -3.5%. It has changed at a rate of -2.1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.7% due to births and deaths.^[7]

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (975 or 96.1%), with Albanian being second most common (22 or 2.2%) and Italian being third (5 or 0.5%). There is 1 person who speaks French.^[8]

As of 2008^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female. The population was made up of 492 Swiss men (48.5% of the population) and 36 (3.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 464 Swiss women (45.7%) and 23 (2.3%) non-Swiss women.^[9] Of the population in the municipality 364 or about 35.9% were born in Aeschi and lived there in 2000. There were 197 or 19.4% who were born in the same canton, while 343 or 33.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 86 or 8.5% were born outside of Switzerland.^[8]

In 2008^[update] there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 11 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.6%.^[6]

The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Aeschi is; 70 children or 6.9% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 198 teenagers or 19.5% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 57 people or 5.6% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 309 people or 30.4% are between 25 and 44, and 250 people or 24.6% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 114 people or 11.2% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 17 people or 1.7% who are over 80.^[10]

As of 2000^[update], there were 422 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 511 married individuals, 41 widows or widowers and 41 individuals who are divorced.^[8]

As of 2000^[update] the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room.^[7] In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least Template:M2 to ft2 as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.^[11] About 61.4% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).^[12]

As of 2000^[update], there were 390 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.^[7] There were 95 households that consist of only one person and 25 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 397 households that answered this question, 23.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 107 married couples without children, 162 married couples with children There were 19 single parents with a child or children. There were 5 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.^[8]

In 2000^[update] there were 194 single family homes (or 70.5% of the total) out of a total of 275 inhabited buildings. There were 39 multi-family buildings (14.2%), along with 33 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.0%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.3%). Of the single family homes 13 were built before 1919, while 30 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (51) were built between 1971 and 1980.^[13]

In 2000^[update] there were 404 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 116. There were 4 single room apartments and 179 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 373 apartments (92.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (2.7%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (5.0%) were empty.^[13] As of 2009^[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 8 new units per 1000 residents.^[7] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010^[update], was 1.97%.^[7]

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[14]^[15]

Heritage sites of national significance

The Burgäschisee, a prehistoric lake shore settlement, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.^[16]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.86% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (23.04%), the SVP (21.4%) and the FDP (20%). In the federal election, a total of 410 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.7%.^[17]

Economy

As of 2010^[update], Aeschi had an unemployment rate of 1.8%. As of 2008^[update], there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 41 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 60 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.^[7] There were 552 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.

In 2008^[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 118. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 33, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 40 of which 4 or (10.0%) were in manufacturing and 33 (82.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 45. In the tertiary sector; 14 or 31.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 11.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 20.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 4.4% were in the information industry, 6 or 13.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 4.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 11.1% were in education.^[18]

In 2000^[update], there were 65 workers who commuted into the municipality and 411 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.^[19] Of the working population, 16.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.8% used a private car.^[7]

Religion

From the 2000 census^[update], 409 or 40.3% were Roman Catholic, while 421 or 41.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.20% of the population), there were 5 individuals (or about 0.49% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 7 individuals (or about 0.69% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 51 (or about 5.02% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist and 4 individuals who were Hindu. 101 (or about 9.95% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 13 individuals (or about 1.28% of the population) did not answer the question.^[8]

Education

In Aeschi about 429 or (42.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 138 or (13.6%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 138 who completed tertiary schooling, 76.8% were Swiss men, 18.8% were Swiss women, 3.6% were non-Swiss men.^[8]

As of 2000^[update], there were 26 students in Aeschi who came from another municipality, while 70 residents attended schools outside the municipality.^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:De icon accessed 25 March 2010
^ Flags of the World.com accessed 13-April-2011
^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Template:De icon accessed 19 June 2010
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 13-April-2011
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:De icon accessed 2 February 2011
^ Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Nationalität und Geschlecht Template:De icon accessed 11 March 2011
^ Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung nach Gemeinden, Nationalität, Altersgruppen und Zivilstand, Total (Männer + Frauen) Template:De icon accessed 11 March 2011
^ Eurostat. "Housing (SA1)". Urban Audit Glossary (pdf). 2007. p. 18. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
^ Urban Audit Glossary pg 17
^ ^a ^b Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011
^ Aeschi in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Template:De icon accessed 29 January 2011
^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Solothurn" (PDF). KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Template:De icon accessed 28 May 2010
^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011
^ ^a ^b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Template:De icon accessed 24 June 2010

External links

Official website Template:De icon
Aeschi SO in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Burgäschi in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v11-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v11-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[BFS_land-3] Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:De icon accessed 25 March 2010

[4] Flags of the World.com accessed 13-April-2011

[Stat2020_SO-5] "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[HDS_superweb-6] Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Template:De icon accessed 19 June 2010

[SFSO-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 13-April-2011

[STAT2000-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:De icon accessed 2 February 2011

[9] Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Nationalität und Geschlecht Template:De icon accessed 11 March 2011

[10] Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung nach Gemeinden, Nationalität, Altersgruppen und Zivilstand, Total (Männer + Frauen) Template:De icon accessed 11 March 2011

[11] Eurostat. "Housing (SA1)". Urban Audit Glossary (pdf). 2007. p. 18. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[12] Urban Audit Glossary pg 17

[Housing-13] Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011

[HDS-14] Aeschi in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[15] Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Template:De icon accessed 29 January 2011

[16] "Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Solothurn" (PDF). KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

[17] Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Template:De icon accessed 28 May 2010

[18] Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011

[commuter-19] Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Template:De icon accessed 24 June 2010

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-[[File:Aeschimitsee.jpg|thumb|left|Aeschi and its lake]]
 '''Aeschi''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Wasseramt (district)|Wasseramt]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Solothurn (canton)|Solothurn]] in [[Switzerland]]. [[Burgäschisee]] is a lake in the forest on the border with [[Seeberg]].
+==Geography==
+[[File:Aeschimitsee.jpg|thumb|left|Aeschi and its lake]]
+Aeschi has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{km2 to mi2|3.8}}.  Of this area, {{km2 to mi2|2.4|abbr=yes}} or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{km2 to mi2|0.66|abbr=yes}} or 17.4% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, {{km2 to mi2|0.55|abbr=yes}} or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), {{km2 to mi2|0.16|abbr=yes}} or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and {{convert|0.04|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 1.1% is unproductive land.<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 {{de icon}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
+Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%.  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 47.9% is used for growing crops and 13.4% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.  All the water in the municipality is in lakes.<ref name=BFS_land/>
+The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, in the upper [[moraine]] landscape along the [[Solothurn]]-[[Herzogenbuchsee]] main road.  It consists of the village of Aeschi as well as, the [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of Burgäschi.  Burgäschi was part of Aeschi until 1829 and after 1994.
+==Coat of arms==
+The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Gules an Anchored Cross Sable over an Angle plate Or between four Mullets of the last over a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-so106.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 13-April-2011</ref>
+==Demographics==
+Aeschi has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-SO}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-SO|2511}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-SO}}  {{as of|2008}}, 4.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{de icon}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref>  Over the last 10 years (1999-2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -3.5%.  It has changed at a rate of -2.1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.7% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 13-April-2011</ref>
+Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (975 or 96.1%), with [[Albanian language|Albanian]] being second most common (22 or 2.2%) and [[Italian language|Italian]] being third (5 or 0.5%).  There is 1 person who speaks [[French language|French]].<ref name=STAT2000/>
+{{as of|2008}}, the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female.  The population was made up of 492 Swiss men (48.5% of the population) and 36 (3.5%) non-Swiss men.  There were 464 Swiss women (45.7%) and 23 (2.3%) non-Swiss women.<ref>[http://www.so.ch/departemente/finanzen/amt-fuer-finanzen/statistik/themen/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstatistik.html Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Nationalität und Geschlecht] {{De icon}} accessed 11 March 2011</ref>  Of the population in the municipality 364 or about 35.9% were born in Aeschi and lived there in 2000.  There were 197 or 19.4% who were born in the same canton, while 343 or 33.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 86 or 8.5% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
+In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1.  There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland.  The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 11 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 5 people.  This represents a [[Population growth#Population growth rate|population growth rate]] of -1.6%.<ref name=HDS_superweb/>
+The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Aeschi is; 70 children or 6.9% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 198 teenagers or 19.5% are between 7 and 19.  Of the adult population, 57 people or 5.6% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old.  309 people or 30.4% are between 25 and 44, and 250 people or 24.6% are between 45 and 64.  The senior population distribution is 114 people or 11.2% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 17 people or 1.7% who are over 80.<ref>[http://www.so.ch/fileadmin/internet/fd/fafaa/pdf/statistik_allgemein/demografie_vz2000_gemeinden.pdf Canton of Solothurn Statistics - Wohnbevölkerung nach Gemeinden, Nationalität, Altersgruppen und Zivilstand, Total (Männer + Frauen)] {{De icon}} accessed 11 March 2011</ref>
+{{as of|2000}}, there were 422 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 511 married individuals, 41 widows or widowers and 41 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]  {{de icon}} accessed 2 February 2011 </ref>
+{{as of|2000}} the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room.<ref name=SFSO/>  In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least {{m2 to ft2|4|abbr=yes|precision=-1}} as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.<ref>{{cite manual |  author = Eurostat| title = Urban Audit Glossary| section = Housing (SA1)| version = 2007| url = http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/international/22/lexi.Document.116365.pdf |format = pdf | page= 18| accessdate = 12 February 2010 }}</ref>  About 61.4% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a [[Mortgage loan|mortgage]] or a [[rent-to-own]] agreement).<ref>Urban Audit Glossary pg 17</ref>
+{{as of|2000}}, there were 390 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 95 households that consist of only one person and 25 households with five or more people.  Out of a total of 397 households that answered this question, 23.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents.  Of the rest of the households, there are 107 married couples without children, 162 married couples with children  There were 19 single parents with a child or children.  There were 5 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>
+{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 194 single family homes (or 70.5% of the total) out of a total of 275 inhabited buildings.  There were 39 multi-family buildings (14.2%), along with 33 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.0%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.3%).  Of the single family homes 13 were built before 1919, while 30 were built between 1990 and 2000.  The greatest number of single family homes (51) were built between 1971 and 1980.<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=trueSwiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{de icon}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
+{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 404 apartments in the municipality.  The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 116.  There were 4 single room apartments and 179 apartments with five or more rooms.  Of these apartments, a total of 373 apartments (92.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (2.7%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (5.0%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 8 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>  The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 1.97%.<ref name=SFSO/>
+The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|1119|Aeschi}}</ref><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] {{de icon}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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+</timeline>
+==Heritage sites of national significance==
+The Burgäschisee, a prehistoric lake shore settlement, 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.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000116.DownloadFile.tmp/so.pdf  |title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Solothurn|year=2009|work=[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html KGS Inventar]|publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection|language=German|accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref>
+==Politics==
+In the 2007 [[Swiss federal election, 2007|federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] which received 24.86% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (23.04%), the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (21.4%) and the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (20%).  In the federal election, a total of 410 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 50.7%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{de icon}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>
+==Economy==
+{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Aeschi had an unemployment rate of 1.8%.  {{as of|2008}}, there were 43 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 14 businesses involved in this sector.  41 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 7 businesses in this sector.  60 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 19 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 552 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.
+{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 118.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 33, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 40 of which 4 or (10.0%) were in manufacturing and 33 (82.5%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 45.  In the tertiary sector; 14 or 31.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 11.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 20.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 4.4% were in the information industry, 6 or 13.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 4.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 11.1% 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] {{de icon}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
+{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 65 workers who commuted into the municipality and 411 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{de icon}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>  Of the working population, 16.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.8% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
+==Religion==
+From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 409 or 40.3% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 421 or 41.5% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]].  Of the rest of the population, there were 2 [[Orthodox Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 0.20% of the population), there were 5 individuals (or about 0.49% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there were 7 individuals (or about 0.69% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church.  There were 51 (or about 5.02% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic.  There were 2 individuals who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and 4 individuals who were [[Hinduism|Hindu]].  101 (or about 9.95% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 13 individuals (or about 1.28% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
+==Education==
+In Aeschi about 429 or (42.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 138 or (13.6%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|University]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').  Of the 138 who completed tertiary schooling, 76.8% were Swiss men, 18.8% were Swiss women, 3.6% were non-Swiss men.<ref name=STAT2000/>
+{{as of|2000}}, there were 26 students in Aeschi who came from another municipality, while 70 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
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