Laufenburg District

Laufenburg District is a district of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, essentially consisting of the upper Fricktal valley in the Aargau Jura south of the Rhine. Its capital is the town of Laufenburg. It has a population of Template:Swiss populations (as of Template:Swiss populations date).Template:Swiss populations ref

Geography

The Laufenburg district has an area, as of 2009, of . Of this area, or 49.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

Demographics

The Laufenburg district has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations YM[[Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from ]]) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref As of June 2009, 15.6% of the population are foreign nationals.

Economy

In 2000 there were 13,183 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 9,714 or about 73.7% of the residents worked outside the district while 5,635 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 9,104 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.

Religion

From the 2000 census, 15,302 or 59.4% were Roman Catholic, while 5,752 or 22.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 128 individuals (or about 0.50% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.

Education

Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year), there are 2,224 students attending primary school, there are 821 students attending secondary school, there are 555 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality.

Municipalities

Coat of arms	Municipality	Population (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref	Area, km²
Böztal	Böztal	Template:Swiss populations	22.30
Eiken	Eiken	Template:Swiss populations	7.07
Frick	Frick	Template:Swiss populations	9.96
Gansingen	Gansingen	Template:Swiss populations	8.77
Gipf-Oberfrick	Gipf-Oberfrick	Template:Swiss populations	10.17
Herznach-Ueken	Herznach-Ueken	Template:Swiss populations	11.37
Kaisten	Kaisten	Template:Swiss populations	18.11b
Laufenburg	Laufenburg	Template:Swiss populations	14.49c
Mettauertal	Mettauertal	Template:Swiss populations	21.56a
Münchwilen	Münchwilen	Template:Swiss populations	2.47
Oberhof	Oberhof	Template:Swiss populations	8.20
Oeschgen	Oeschgen	Template:Swiss populations	4.38
Schwaderloch	Schwaderloch	Template:Swiss populations	2.77
Sisseln	Sisseln	Template:Swiss populations	2.52
Wittnau	Wittnau	Template:Swiss populations	11.25
Wölflinswil	Wölflinswil	Template:Swiss populations	9.51
Zeihen	Zeihen	Template:Swiss populations	6.87
Total		Template:Swiss populations	152.56

^a Includes area of Hottwil, Etzgen, Mettau, Oberhofen and Wil which merged into Mettauertal on 1 January 2010.

^b Includes area of Ittenthal which merged into Kaisten on 1 January 2010.

^c Includes area of Sulz which merged into Laufenburg on 1 January 2010.

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:

• On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Hottwil in the Brugg district and Etzgen, Mettau, Oberhofen and Wil in the Laufenburg district merged to form the new municipality of Mettauertal. This resulted in Hottwil transferring from Brugg to Laufenburg. At the same time the municipality of Ittenthal merged into Kaisten, and Sulz merged into Laufenburg.

• On 1 January 2022 the municipalities of Bözen, Effingen and Elfingen in the Brugg district and Hornussen in the Laufenburg district merged to form the new municipality of Böztal.

• On 1 January 2023 the municipalities of Herznach and Ueken merged to form the new municipality of Herznach-Ueken.