Zufikon is a

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in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of

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History

A single archeological find dates human habitation in the area to the

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. The first written reference to the village occurred in 1150.

Geography

Zufikon has an area, , of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Argent a Pale Sable between two Keys palewise Azure with wards downwards and inwards.''Flags of the World.com
accessed 4 March 2010

Demographics

Zufikon has a population (as of ) of . , 17.4% 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 14.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (90.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.2%) and Turkish being third ( 1.5%).
accessed 4 March 2010 The age distribution, , in Zufikon is; 371 children or 9.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 463 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 498 people or 12.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 558 people or 14.1% are between 30 and 39, 611 people or 15.4% are between 40 and 49, and 641 people or 16.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 486 people or 12.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 233 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 100 people or 2.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 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 134 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 651 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 575 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.48 individuals. there were 625 single family homes (or 36.0% of the total) out of a total of 1,734 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 19 empty apartments for a 1.1% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 11.5 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (19%), the SP (15.4%) and the FDP (13.9%). In Zufikon about 76.1% 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 265 students attending

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, there are 148 students attending secondary school in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy

, Zufikon had an unemployment rate of 2.39%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 141 people are employed in the

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and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 579 people are employed in the

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, with 99 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 1,944 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,649 or about 84.8% of the residents worked outside Zufikon while 398 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 693 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 17.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 53% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 1,806 or 51.8% were

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, while 1,009 or 28.9% belonged to the

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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 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Transportation

Zufikon is a stop of the

S-Bahn Zürich The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Canton of Aargau, Aargau, Canton of Gla ...

on the line S17 provided by the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn.

References

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