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24-430: Schüpfheim has an area of 38.5 km (14.9 sq mi). Of this area, 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey, 32.82% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 59.3% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.68%

48-508: A social market economy in which a balance is struck between economic liberalism and social justice . The expansion of the party in the Protestant -dominated cantons, in which the CVP uphold rather centrist policies, stands in contrast to the traditional role of the CVP as the leading party in rather Catholic -dominated cantons of central Switzerland and the cantons of Valais . There, the electorate

72-606: A change in branding with a new name and logo as part of a merger with the BDP. The party proposed to change the name to "The Center" or "The Alliance of the Center" ( German : Die Mitte , CVP; French : Le Centre , PDC; Italian : il Centro , PPD; Romansh : il Center ) which is the name of the parliamentary group that the CVP shares with the other center-right parties, the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland and

96-425: Is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.61% is covered with buildings, 0.37% is industrial, 0.26% is classed as special developments, 0.21% is parks or greenbelts and 1.88% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.55% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 1.33% is other unproductive land. Schüpfheim has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 4,237. As of 2007, 3.6% of

120-679: The Christian Democrats/EPP/glp Group , along with the Evangelical People's Party and Green Liberal Party . List of political parties in Switzerland This is a list of political parties in Switzerland . Switzerland has a multi-party system . Since 1959, the four largest parties have formed a coalition government , according to a Zauberformel or " magic formula ". This arithmetic formula divides

144-649: The Council of States were transferred to the new party, as was its sole seat on the Federal Council , held by Viola Amherd . The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in the 1950s, having three members of the Federal Council (1954–1958) before agreeing to the magic formula . It adopted its current name in 1970. From 1979 to 2003 , the party's vote declined, mostly in

168-464: The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland . The merger was ratified by a vote of the entire party in November 2020. Cantonal parties were not required to adopt the new name if they do not wish to do so. Pfister estimated that a new center-right party could obtain up to 20% of the vote in future elections. In its party platform , the CVP described itself as a centrist party. The CVP fostered

192-637: The SVP (29.4%), the FDP (14.1%) and the SPS (4.8%). The age distribution in Schüpfheim is; 1,011 people or 26.7% of the population is 0–19 years old. 915 people or 24.1% are 20–39 years old, and 1,219 people or 32.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 467 people or 12.3% are 65–79 years old, 143 or 3.8% are 80–89 years old and 34 people or 0.9% of the population are 90+ years old. In Schüpfheim about 64.2% of

216-658: The Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament); 15 (out of 46) in the Council of States (second chamber, and the largest party in this chamber) and 1 out of 7 seats in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body). In 2005, it held 20.7% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal governments and 16.7% in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats). At

240-413: The primary economic sector and about 191 businesses involved in this sector. 473 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 57 businesses in this sector. 923 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 102 businesses in this sector. As of 2000 46.9% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 39.5% of the workforce. In

264-431: The 2000 census the religious membership of Schüpfheim was; 3,399 (87.2%) were Roman Catholic, and 203 (5.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 61 (1.57%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 43 individuals (1.1% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 9 (0.23%) individuals who belong to another religion, 40 (1.03%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 142 (3.64%) who did not answer

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288-577: The CVP, was replaced by Christoph Blocher of the Swiss People's Party on the Federal Council , leaving the CVP with only one seat in the country's executive. CVP President Gerhard Pfister and BDP President Martin Landolt , the leader of the Conservative Democratic Party, had ongoing discussions about a merger throughout 2020. In 2020, Pfister announced that the national CVP would undergo

312-637: The favour of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC); the party was reduced to one Federal Councillor at the 2003 Federal Council election . The party sat in the centre to centre-right of the political spectrum , advocating Christian democracy , the social market economy and moderate social conservatism . The party was strongest in Catholic rural areas, particularly Central Switzerland and Valais . The Catholic-Conservative Party of Switzerland ( German : Katholisch-Konservative Partei der Schweiz )

336-523: The last legislative national elections , 22 October 2007, the party won 14.6% of the popular vote and 31 out of 200 seats in the National Council lower house. This was a gain of 3 seats, ending the long-term decline of the party and it was the only one of the four largest parties besides the Swiss People's Party to gain votes and seats. In the Federal Assembly , the CVP formerly sat in a bloc in

360-444: The municipality, of which 496 were built only as housing, and 311 were mixed use buildings. There were 334 single family homes, 89 double family homes, and 73 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (273) or three (170) story structures. There were only 27 single story buildings and 26 four or more story buildings. Schüpfheim has an unemployment rate of 1.17%. As of 2005, there were 506 people employed in

384-423: The party, led to six successive losses in federal elections after 1980. The party lost its support over a number of years. Beginning in the 1990s, conservative voters from former strongholds of the CVP switched to vote for the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party . From the 1995 election to the 2019 election , the CVP's vote share decreased from 16.8% to 11.4%. After the 2003 election , Ruth Metzler of

408-413: The population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). As of 2000 there are 1,297 households, of which 329 households (or about 25.4%) contain only a single individual. 231 or about 17.8% are large households, with at least five members. As of 2000 there were 807 inhabited buildings in

432-450: The population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (96.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 46.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were

456-553: The question. Christian Democratic People%27s Party of Switzerland The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland ( German : Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz , CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party ( French : Parti démocrate-chrétien , PDC), Democratic People's Party ( Italian : Partito Popolare Democratico , PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party ( Romansh : Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra , PCD),

480-527: The seven cabinet seats among representatives of the four largest parties. The following parties are represented in the Swiss Federal Assembly or cantonal parliaments and executive councils as of 2024. For their names in the four national languages of Switzerland, see #Names in the national languages below. For more detailed information on the political positions of some of the parties listed below, see here: For Swiss political party strength on

504-495: The third seat in favor of the ' magic formula ', which was introduced to the cabinet in 1959. In 1957 it changed its name to the Conservative-Christian-Social People's Party ( German : Konservativ-Christlichsoziale Volkspartei ) and to its current name in 1970. In the ensuing decades, the Catholic voter base dissolved somewhat. The reduction of the voter base, in addition to less cohesion among politicians in

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528-541: Was a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland . On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre , which now operates at the federal level. The Christian Democratic People's Party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status. Its 28 seats in the National Council and 13 seats in

552-403: Was founded in 1912. From 1919 on, the party occupied two out of the seven seats in the cabinet. Aided by the political climate of the postwar period, the party experienced its peak in the 1950s: It was represented by the biggest parliamentary delegation in the Federal Council , and from 1954 to 1958 the party occupied three out of seven seats in the cabinet. Nonetheless, the party had to relinquish

576-570: Was mostly socially conservative . The CVP had three main policies in the political centre : Following continuing losses in the federal parliamentary elections until 2003, in December 2003, the party lost one of its two seats in the four-party coalition government, the Swiss Federal Council , to the Swiss People's Party . The CVP holds roughly 12% of the popular vote. After the national election in late 2003, it held 28 seats (out of 200) in

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