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accessed 2 May 2016 In 2009 a total of or 17.1% is settled and of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. 42.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.8% is used for growing crops and 22.7% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 The highest point is on the Bampf (an offshoot of the Surberg), the lowest point is at the Wyna. Neighboring municipalities are Gränichen in the north, Seon in the northeast, Dürrenäsch Unterkulm in the east and south.
accessed 30-April-2010 , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 61.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.8%. The age distribution, , in Teufenthal is; 154 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 213 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 229 people or 13.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 192 people or 11.7% are between 30 and 39, 279 people or 17.0% are between 40 and 49, and 229 people or 13.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 158 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 121 people or 7.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 61 people or 3.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 8 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 In 2013 there were 662 private households in Teufenthal. Of the 432 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 75.2% were single family homes and 10.2% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 12.0% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 9.7% were built between 1991 and 2000.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen
accessed 5 May 2016 In 2012 there were no new homes built, and the vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.54%. , there were 63 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 313 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 264 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.45 individuals. , there were 647 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. there were 337 single family homes (or 46.0% of the total) out of a total of 733 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 4 empty apartments for a 0.5% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.7 new units per 1000 residents. The historical population is given in the following chart:
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accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 17.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.8% used a private car.
Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden
accessed 18 July 2016
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.6%), the FDP (12.7%) and the
From the , 377 or 23.6% were
accessed 20 January 2010
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 Kulm in the canton of Aargau
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Aargau is one of the most nort ...
in Switzerland
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.
Geography
The street lies in the lower part of a tight, three-kilometer long side of Wyna, in an easterly direction to the plateau of Dürrenäsch. It is bounded to the north by the foothills of the Surberg and to the south by the foothills of the High Rock. Only a small part of the village lies in the Wyna valley, the river forms the western border. Teufenthal has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.4% is forested and 17.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraitsaccessed 2 May 2016 In 2009 a total of or 17.1% is settled and of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. 42.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.8% is used for growing crops and 22.7% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 The highest point is on the Bampf (an offshoot of the Surberg), the lowest point is at the Wyna. Neighboring municipalities are Gränichen in the north, Seon in the northeast, Dürrenäsch Unterkulm in the east and south.
Coat of arms
Theblazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Or on a Pile inverted issuant from chief Azure a Mullet of Five and Crescent of the first.''
Demographics
Teufenthal has a population () of . , 23.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 3 years (2010-2013) the population has changed at a rate of 0.63%. Thebirth rate
Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live childbirth, human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registr ...
in the municipality, in 2013, was 11.3 while the death rate
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of d ...
was 8.8 per thousand residents.
Most of the population () speaks German (85.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (6.8%) and Italian being third (2.6%).Swiss Federal Statistical Officeaccessed 30-April-2010 , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 61.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.8%. The age distribution, , in Teufenthal is; 154 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 213 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 229 people or 13.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 192 people or 11.7% are between 30 and 39, 279 people or 17.0% are between 40 and 49, and 229 people or 13.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 158 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 121 people or 7.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 61 people or 3.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 8 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 In 2013 there were 662 private households in Teufenthal. Of the 432 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 75.2% were single family homes and 10.2% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 12.0% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 9.7% were built between 1991 and 2000.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen
accessed 5 May 2016 In 2012 there were no new homes built, and the vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.54%. , there were 63 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 313 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 264 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.45 individuals. , there were 647 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. there were 337 single family homes (or 46.0% of the total) out of a total of 733 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 4 empty apartments for a 0.5% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.7 new units per 1000 residents. The historical population is given in the following chart:
Economy
, there were a total of 289 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 26 people worked in 11 businesses in the primary economic sector. Thesecondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
employed 95 workers in 15 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...
provided 168 jobs in 59 businesses. In 2013 a total of 0.% of the population received social assistance.
there were 845 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 623 or about 73.7% of the residents worked outside Teufenthal while 339 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 561 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesenaccessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 17.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.8% used a private car.
Politics
In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP with 45.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.5%), the SP (14.7%) and the BDP (4.9%). In the federal election, a total of 436 votes were cast, and thevoter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of Voter registration, registered voters, Suffrage, eligible voters, or all Voti ...
was 43.0%.accessed 18 July 2016
Green Party
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Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
(6.6%).
Education
In Teufenthal about 67.1% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
''). Of the school age population (), there are 112 students attending primary school
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, there are 54 students attending secondary school in the municipality.
Religion
From the , 377 or 23.6% were Roman Catholic
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, while 875 or 54.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...
.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009accessed 20 January 2010
References
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