Laufenburg (district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Laufenburg District is a district of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, essentially consisting of the upper Fricktal

Fricktal

The Fricktal region is the northwest finger extending from the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is situated in Northwestern Switzerland east of Basel, between the High Rhine forming the border with Germany in the north and the Jura Mountains in the south. The Fricktal contains the districts of...

valley in the Aargau Jura

Jura mountains

The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...

south of the Rhine. Its capital is the town of Laufenburg

Laufenburg, Switzerland

Laufenburg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the seat of the district of the same name. On 1 January 2010 the municipality Sulz merged into Laufenburg....

. It has a population of (as of ).

Geography

The Laufenburg district has an area, , of 152.56 square kilometres (58.9 sq mi). Of this area, 75.05 km² (29 sq mi) or 49.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 59.85 km² (23.1 sq mi) or 39.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.9 km² (6.1 sq mi) or 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

Demographics

The Laufenburg district has a population of . , 15.6% of the population are foreign nationals.

Economy

there were 13,183 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 9,714 or about 73.7% of the residents worked outside the district while 5,635 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 9,104 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.

Religion

From the , 15,302 or 59.4% were Roman Catholic, while 5,752 or 22.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Swiss Reformed Church

The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...

. Of the rest of the population, there were 128 individuals (or about 0.50% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic

Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland

The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...

faith.

Education

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. Of the school age population , there are 2,224 students attending primary school, there are 821 students attending secondary school, there are 555 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality.

Municipalities

Eiken, Switzerland

Eiken is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:The land was probably already occupied in the Roman era and individual objects from the Alamanni and Frankish Empire eras. Eiken is first mentioned in the first half of the 12th Century as Eitchon...

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| Frick

Frick, Switzerland

Frick is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. A dinosaur graveyard containing more than 100 Plateosaurus was found there in August 2007.-History:...

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| Gansingen

Gansingen

Gansingen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:While some Roman era artifacts have been discovered, the village of Gansingen is first mentioned in 1240 as Gansungen...

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| Gipf-Oberfrick

Gipf-Oberfrick

Gipf-Oberfrick is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Discoveries in area that would become Gipf-Oberfrick indicated that there were several earlier settlements. These finds include; several Bronze Age items, La Tène culture graves and Roman...

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| Herznach

Herznach

Herznach is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:While some Alamanni era graves have been discovered, the first mention of Herznach is in 1097 as Hercenahc. The Ministerialis family von Herznach and Herznach castle are both mentioned...

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| Hornussen

Hornussen, Aargau

Hornussen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Scattered archeological discoveries indicate that the land that would become Hornussen was lightly occupied during the Stone Age. During the Roman era, it was located on the important route...

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| Kaisten

Kaisten, Switzerland

Kaisten is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Ittenthal merged into the municipality of Kaisten.-History:...

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| Laufenburg

Laufenburg, Switzerland

Laufenburg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the seat of the district of the same name. On 1 January 2010 the municipality Sulz merged into Laufenburg....

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| Mettauertal

Mettauertal

Mettauertal is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Hottwil, Etzgen, Mettau, Oberhofen and Wil merged into the municipality of Mettauertal....

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| Münchwilen

Münchwilen, Aargau

Münchwilen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:In the first Century AD there was a villa rustica in what is now Münchwilen. The modern village of Münchwilen is first mentioned around 1303-08 as Munchwille. It grew out of the farming...

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| Oberhof

Oberhof, Switzerland

Oberhof is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Oberhof is first mentioned in 1630 as Oberhoff. Oberhof was initially part of the municipality of Wölflinswil. From 1408 until 1797 they were part of the Habsburg District of Rheinfelden. In...

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| Oeschgen

Oeschgen

Oeschgen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:The earliest traces of human settlement include several individual Stone Age items, and evidence of Bronze Age and Roman era settlements. Modern Oeschgen is first mentioned in 1234 as Escecon...

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| Schwaderloch

Schwaderloch

Schwaderloch is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Schwaderloch has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.1% is forested...

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| Sisseln

Sisseln

Sisseln is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Sisseln has an area, , of . Of this area, or 32.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.8% is forested...

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| Ueken

Ueken

Ueken is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Ueken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.6% is forested...

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| Wittnau

Wittnau, Switzerland

Wittnau is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Wittnau has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 53.8% is forested...

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| Wölflinswil

Wölflinswil

Wölflinswil is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Wölflinswil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 62.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.0% is forested...

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| Zeihen

Zeihen

Zeihen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Zeihen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 40.7% is forested...