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Zeihen () is a
Zeihen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 40.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 37.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.5% is used for growing crops and 24.4% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The municipalities of Bözen,
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010
Zeihen has a population () of . , 8.5% of the population are 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 12.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).
accessed 10-May-2010 The age distribution, , in Zeihen is; 99 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 164 teenagers or 17.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 82 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 114 people or 11.8% are between 30 and 39, 205 people or 21.2% are between 40 and 49, and 130 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 90 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 44 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 34 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.3% 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 36 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 111 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 148 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 301 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. there were 205 single family homes (or 52.8% of the total) out of a total of 388 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 0 empty apartments for a 0.0% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 9.5 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (17.5%), the
The village of Oberzeihen is designated as part of the
Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 16.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.7% used a private car.
From the , 539 or 62.5% were
accessed 20 January 2010
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of Laufenburg in the canton 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.
Aargau is one of the most nort ...
in Switzerland
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.
Geography
Zeihen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 40.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 37.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.5% is used for growing crops and 24.4% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The municipalities of Bözen,
Effingen
Effingen is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen and ...
, Elfingen
Elfingen is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Laufenberg (district), Laufenberg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, El ...
, Hornussen
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and Zeihen are considering a merger some time in the future into a new municipality with an as yet () undetermined name.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweizpublished by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010
Coat of arms
Theblazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Vert a Pale counter-compony Sable and Or between two Ears of Wheat of the last.''
Demographics
Zeihen has a population () of . , 8.5% 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 12.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).
accessed 10-May-2010 The age distribution, , in Zeihen is; 99 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 164 teenagers or 17.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 82 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 114 people or 11.8% are between 30 and 39, 205 people or 21.2% are between 40 and 49, and 130 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 90 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 44 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 34 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.3% 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 36 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 111 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 148 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 301 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. there were 205 single family homes (or 52.8% of the total) out of a total of 388 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 0 empty apartments for a 0.0% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 9.5 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (17.5%), the
Green Party
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Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
(10.3%) and the SP (10.1%).
In Zeihen about 76% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education
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Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the school age population (), there are 73 students attending primary school
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, there are 47 students attending secondary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Sights
The village of Oberzeihen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.
Sites of national importance
Types
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Economy
, Zeihen had an unemployment rate of 1.9%. , there were 70 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 44 people are employed in thesecondary sector
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and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 94 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 30 businesses in this sector.
there were 427 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 312 or about 73.1% of the residents worked outside Zeihen while 63 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 178 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.accessed 21 January 2010
Religion
From the , 539 or 62.5% were Roman Catholic
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, while 175 or 20.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009accessed 20 January 2010
References
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