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Ueken is a former
Ueken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 36.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.5% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 31%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.2%), with English being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).
accessed 10-May-2010 The age distribution, , in Ueken is; 115 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 113 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 78 people or 9.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 130 people or 15.2% are between 30 and 39, 182 people or 21.3% are between 40 and 49, and 113 people or 13.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 69 people or 8.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 35 people or 4.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 15 people or 1.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.4% 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 12 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 112 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 133 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 266 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 171 single family homes (or 51.0% of the total) out of a total of 335 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 2 empty apartments for a 0.6% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.8 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (17%), the CVP (15.2%) and the
, Ueken had an unemployment rate of 1.62%. , there were 60 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people are employed in the Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 17.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.1% used a private car.
accessed 20 January 2010
municipality
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in the district of Laufenburg in the canton
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of Aargau
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in Switzerland
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. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Herznach and Ueken merged to form the new municipality of Herznach-Ueken.
History
In 2015, a farmer discovered coins dating back to theRoman Empire
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in his garden. The farmer contacted the regional archaeological service and 4,166 coins were excavated. An archaeologist who worked on the excavation described the find as "an exceptional discovery" and "a whole new category which is almost unique." The coins date from the reign of Aurelian
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in 274 CE to the reign of Maximian
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in 294 CE. The archaeologists hypothesize that the coins belonged to a tradesman or landowner. The coins will go on display at the Vindonissa
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de Brugg
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Museum in Aargau.
Geography
Ueken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 36.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.5% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
Coat of arms
Theblazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Or a St.Catherine's Wheel Sable.''
Demographics
Ueken has a population () of , 12.0% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerungaccessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 31%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.2%), with English being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).
accessed 10-May-2010 The age distribution, , in Ueken is; 115 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 113 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 78 people or 9.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 130 people or 15.2% are between 30 and 39, 182 people or 21.3% are between 40 and 49, and 113 people or 13.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 69 people or 8.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 35 people or 4.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 15 people or 1.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.4% 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 12 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 112 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 133 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 266 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 171 single family homes (or 51.0% of the total) out of a total of 335 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 2 empty apartments for a 0.6% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.8 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (17%), the CVP (15.2%) and the
Green Party
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(7.3%).
In Ueken about 81.6% 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 102 students attending primary school
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in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
, Ueken had an unemployment rate of 1.62%. , there were 60 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people are employed in the secondary sector
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and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 44 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 16 businesses in this sector.
there were 391 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 328 or about 83.9% of the residents worked outside Ueken while 23 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 86 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.accessed 21 January 2010
Religion
From the , 343 or 49.9% wereRoman Catholic
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, while 187 or 27.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 7 individuals (or about 1.02% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009accessed 20 January 2010
References
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