Leimiswil is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of Madiswil.

Geography

Leimiswil has an area,, of 4.65 km2. Of this area, 3.51 km2 or 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.87 km2 or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. 17.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.8% is used for growing crops and 35.5% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Demographics

Leimiswil has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 398. , 1.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. Most of the population speaks German (95.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.9%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.5%), the Small right-wing parties (10.4%) and the SPS (10.1%). The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59% and the seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Leimiswil about 69.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Leimiswil has an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 97 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 89 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 50 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector.