Veltheim, Aargau
Veltheim is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Geography
Veltheim has an area, since 2009[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, Script error: No such module "convert". or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while Script error: No such module "convert". or 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Script error: No such module "convert". or 15.5% is settled (buildings or roads), Script error: No such module "convert". or 3.4% is either rivers or lakes and Script error: No such module "convert". or 0.6% is unproductive land.[1]
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.9% of the area 30.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.1% is used for growing crops and 18.3% is pastures, while 3.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[1]
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure on a Mount Vert a Rooster hardi crowing Argent crested and jelloped Gules and membered Or and in Chief a Mullet of the third.[2]
Demographics
Veltheim has a population (since Template:Swiss populations YM[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of Template:Swiss populationsTemplate:Swiss populations ref since June 2009[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 15.1% of the population are foreign nationals.[3] Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 2.4%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.6%).[4]
The age distribution, since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Veltheim is; 130 children or 9.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 204 teenagers or 14.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 171 people or 12.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 141 people or 10.1% are between 30 and 39, 289 people or 20.7% are between 40 and 49, and 209 people or 15.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 132 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 75 people or 5.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 42 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.[5]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 37 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 198 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 231 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.69 individuals.[6] since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 495 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.[4] In 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 276 single family homes (or 49.7% of the total) out of a total of 555 homes and apartments.[7] There were a total of 2 empty apartments for a 0.4% vacancy rate.[7] since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the construction rate of new housing units was 5 new units per 1000 residents.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (21.1%), the FDP (8.8%) and the Green Party (8.7%).[4]
In Veltheim about 78.4% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either a university or a Fachhochschule).[4] Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), there are 98 students attending primary school, there are 209 students attending secondary school in the municipality.[6]
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Sights
The village of Veltheim is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[8]
Economy
since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Veltheim had an unemployment rate of 1.81%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 254 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 15 businesses in this sector. 264 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 26 businesses in this sector.[4]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there was a total of 728 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 595 or about 81.7% of the residents worked outside Veltheim while 247 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 380 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.[9] Of the working population, 11% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.1% used a private car.[4]
Religion
Template:Sister project From the 2000 census[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 343 or 25.4% were Roman Catholic, while 742 or 55.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 individuals (or about 0.15% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.[6]
References
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- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:In lang accessed 25 March 2010
- ↑ Flags of the World.com accessed 12-April-2010
- ↑ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010
- ↑ a b c d e f g Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 12-April-2010
- ↑ a b Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv) Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010
- ↑ a b c Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010
- ↑ a b Statistical Department of Canton Aargau Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010
- ↑ ISOS site accessed 12-Apr-2010
- ↑ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Template:In lang accessed 21 January 2010
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