Tägerig 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. The term ''municipality ...

in the district of Bremgarten in the

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

Aargau Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capit ...

in Switzerland.

History

A number of shaped

flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...

s have been found north of the modern village, indicating that the area was inhabited before written records. The first mention of the modern village is in the 12th Century when it was mentioned as ''Tegrank''. In 1189 it was mentioned as ''Tegeranc''. The ''Twingherrschaft'' region (which included Tägerig) was a Habsburg

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of f ...

in the 14th Century, and was granted to the

Knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the G ...

s of Rüssegg. In 1350 it went to the

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en of

Wohlen Wohlen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest known settlements in Wohlen date from the late Hallstatt era (600-500 BC). This settlement left two clusters of burial moun ...

, then in 1409 to Segesser of Brunegg and in 1543 to the City of Mellingen. Tägerig initially belonged to the

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activitie ...

of Niederwil. In 1669 a branch chapel was dedicated. After the devastating fire of 1838, a new church was built in 1846 and was made in 1864 into a separate

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

. Besides agriculture, in the 18th Century the

straw plaiting Straw plaiting is a method of manufacturing textiles by braiding straw and the industry that surrounds the craft of producing these straw manufactures. Straw is plaited to produce products including straw hats and ornaments, and the process is ...

industry was of major importance in the village. As this industry declined in the late 19th and early 20th Century, the population declined. By the 1920s much of the population commuted to jobs in Mellingen and Baden (in 1990, 76% of the working population commuted). For this reason, population growth remained moderate even after 1950.

Geography

Tägerig has an area, , of . Of this area, 42.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Bremgarten district in the Reuss river valley. It consists of the village of Tägerig on the valley floor and the hamlets of Büschikon in the surrounding hills.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in it ...

is ''Azure two Keys Argent in saltire and in chief a Mullet of Five Or.''

Demographics

Tägerig has a population (as of ) of . , 13.1% 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 (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 17.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.0%).
accessed 2 March 2010 The age distribution, , in Tägerig is; 185 children or 13.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 136 teenagers or 10.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 173 people or 12.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 198 people or 14.6% are between 30 and 39, 235 people or 17.3% are between 40 and 49, and 192 people or 14.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 126 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 82 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 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 21 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 221 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 196 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.51 individuals. there were 287 single family homes (or 54.5% of the total) out of a total of 527 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 4 empty apartments for a 0.8% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.2 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (16.9%), the SP (15.6%) and the FDP (6.9%). In Tägerig about 74.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory

upper secondary education Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...

or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied ar ...

''). Of the school age population (), there are 132 students attending

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in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy

, Tägerig had an unemployment rate of 2.25%. , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 51 people are employed in the

secondary 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 constructio ...

and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 116 people are employed in 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 secon ...

, with 27 businesses in this sector. there were 668 residents who worked in the municipality, while 536 residents worked outside Tägerig and 55 people commuted into the municipality for work.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 14% used public transportation to get to work, and 55.5% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 637 or 53.4% were

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, while 328 or 27.5% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagerig Municipalities of Aargau