Freienwil is a

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in the district of

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in the

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History

Freienwil is first mentioned around 1227–1234 as ''Friginwillare''.

Geography

Freienwil has an area, , of . Of this area, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.5% is forested. The rest of the land (8.9%) is settled. The village lies in the eastern edge of the Siggenbergs in a valley between the

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and the Surb valleys. The Rickenbach is the main stream.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Azure a Garb Or in base sinister a Sickle Argent handled of the second.''Flags of the World.com
accessed 8 February 2010

Demographics

The historical population is given in the following table: Freienwil has a population (as of ) of . , 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 22.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.2%), with French being second most common (1.7%) and English being third (1.5%).
accessed 8 February 2010 The age distribution, , in Freienwil is; 109 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 112 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 83 people or 9.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 92 people or 10.4% are between 30 and 39, 185 people or 21.0% are between 40 and 49, and 144 people or 16.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 91 people or 10.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 43 people or 4.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 21 people or 2.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 or older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 , there were 21 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 112 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 145 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.62 individuals. there were 192 single family homes (or 55.3% of the total) out of a total of 347 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (20.7%), the CVP (18.2%) and the

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(13.2%). In Freienwil about 85.5% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Of the school age population (), there are 96 students attending

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in the municipality. The municipality has a kindergarten and a primary school.

Transportation

Freienwil lies on the little-used ''Kantonsstrasse'' between

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and Lengnau. The village is served by the once-an-hour postbus (every 30 minutes at peak) operating on the Baden–Endingen–Tegerfelden route.

Economy

The local economy is limited to a number of jobs in agriculture, in trade and within the service range. Most employed persons are commuters and work in Baden and

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. , Freienwil had an unemployment rate of 0.78%. , there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people were employed in the

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and there were six businesses in this sector. 51 people were employed in the

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, with 24 businesses in this sector. there were 396 total workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 339 or about 85.6% of the residents worked outside Freienwil while 16 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 73 jobs (of at least six hours per week) in the municipality.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010

Religion

From the , 415 or 55.1% are

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, while 206 or 27.4% belonged to the

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.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau – Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010 FreienwilKaussen2

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of Aargau