Unterentfelden is a

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in the district of

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of the

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Geography

Unterentfelden has an area, , of . Of this area, 32.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 37% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is of a "Duck Marron statant on Coupeaux Vert and in chief three Mullets Gules in fess".

Demographics

Unterentfelden has a population (as of ) of . , 21.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (88.2%), with Italian being second most common (4.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.9%). , the age distribution in Unterentfelden was as follows: 369 children or 9.8% of the population were between 0 and 9 years old and 389 teenagers or 10.3% were between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 480 people or 12.7% of the population were between 20 and 29 years old. 514 people or 13.6% were between 30 and 39, 617 people or 16.4% were between 40 and 49, and 449 people or 11.9% were between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution was 427 people or 11.3% of the population were between 60 and 69 years old, 310 people or 8.2% were between 70 and 79, there were 186 people or 4.9% who were between 80 and 89, and there were 27 people or 0.7% who were 90 and older. , there were 145 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 681 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 534 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.28 individuals. there were 685 single family homes (or 38.2% of the total) out of a total of 1,794 homes and apartments. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP, which received 36.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (16.7%), the SP (16.6%) and the CVP (8.8%). The historical population is given in the following table:

Education

In Unterentfelden about 75.4% of the population (between age 25-64) 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 314 students attending

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, there are 60 students attending secondary school in the municipality.

Economy

, Unterentfelden had an unemployment rate of 1.77%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 576 people are employed in the

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and there are 37 businesses in this sector. 1,086 people are employed in the

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, with 112 businesses in this sector. there were 1,583 total workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,294 or about 81.7% of the residents worked outside Unterentfelden while 1,160 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 1,449 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.

Religion

From the , 935 or 29.3% are

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, while 1,649 or 51.6% 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 ...

. Of the rest of the population, there are 8 individuals (or about 0.25% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith.

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of Aargau