Inkwil

Inkwil is first mentioned in 1262 as Inchwile.

Inkwil has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|3.36|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, {{convert|1.65|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 49.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|1.21|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 36.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.44|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.05|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and {{convert|0.03|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.9% is unproductive 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

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. 35.1% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 37.5% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

It is divided into three sections; Dorf, Vorstatt and Station.

Inkwil has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-BE}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0980}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-BE}} {{as of|2007}}, 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.4%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (98.0%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (29.8%), the FDP (13.7%) and the CSP (5.4%).

The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15%. About 82.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Inkwil has an unemployment rate of 1.64%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 69 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 20 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 21-Jul-2009

The historical population is given in the following table:{{HDS|566|Inkwil}}

It is home to the Inkwilersee Insel prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]

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