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Oberrohrdorf is a
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010
Oberrohrdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, 39.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.5% is forested. The rest of the land, (20.7%) is settled.
The municipality is located in the Baden district on western flank of the ''Heitersberg''. It consists of the village of Oberrohrdorf and the hamlet of Staretschwil.
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accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.1%).
accessed 9 February 2010 The age distribution, , in Oberrohrdorf is; 292 children or 7.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 411 teenagers or 11.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 451 people or 12.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 426 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 604 people or 16.3% are between 40 and 49, and 540 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 512 people or 13.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 349 people or 9.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 112 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 7 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 , there were 96 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 605 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 645 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.47 individuals. there were 706 single family homes (or 42.4% of the total) out of a total of 1,664 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 30.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.5%), the CVP (18.8%) and the SP (14.2%). In Oberrohrdorf about 82.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory
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From the , 1,566 or 46.6% are
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Oberrohrdorf is a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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in the district of Baden
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in the canton
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of Aargau
Aargau ( ; ), more formally the Canton of Aargau (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capital is Aarau.
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in Switzerland
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.
History
Oberrohrdorf is first mentioned in 1179 as ''Rordorf''. Around 1303-08 it was mentioned as ''ze Oberen-Rordorf''. Thehamlet
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of Staretschwil was first mentioned in 1124 as ''Starchoswilare''. In 1854 the municipality of Rohrdorf split into Niederrohrdorf, Oberrohrdorf and Remetschwil
Remetschwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Baden (district, Aargau), Baden in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
Remetschwil is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Reimiswilare''. I ...
.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweizpublished by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010
Geography
Oberrohrdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, 39.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.5% is forested. The rest of the land, (20.7%) is settled.
The municipality is located in the Baden district on western flank of the ''Heitersberg''. It consists of the village of Oberrohrdorf and the hamlet of Staretschwil.
Coat of arms
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Gules a Royal Orb Or crossed with Cross Patriarchal of the same topped and in chief a Mullet Argent all between two Bulrushes proper issuant from Coupeaux Vert.''accessed 9 February 2010
Demographics
Oberrohrdorf has a population (as of ) of . , 15.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerungaccessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.1%).
accessed 9 February 2010 The age distribution, , in Oberrohrdorf is; 292 children or 7.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 411 teenagers or 11.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 451 people or 12.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 426 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 604 people or 16.3% are between 40 and 49, and 540 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 512 people or 13.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 349 people or 9.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 112 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 7 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 , there were 96 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 605 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 645 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.47 individuals. there were 706 single family homes (or 42.4% of the total) out of a total of 1,664 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 30.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.5%), the CVP (18.8%) and the SP (14.2%). In Oberrohrdorf about 82.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory
upper secondary education
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or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the school age population (), there are 214 students attending primary school
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, there are 103 students attending secondary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
, Oberrohrdorf had an unemployment rate of 2.14%. , there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 118 people are employed in thesecondary sector
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and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 339 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 86 businesses in this sector.
there were 1,725 total workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,485 or about 86.1% of the residents worked outside Oberrohrdorf while 199 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 439 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesenaccessed 21 January 2010
Religion
From the , 1,566 or 46.6% are Roman Catholic
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, while 1,111 or 33.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, there are 8 individuals (or about 0.24% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau – Aargauer Zahlen 2009accessed 20 January 2010
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