Staffelbach
Staffelbach is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Geography
Staffelbach 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 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while Script error: No such module "convert". or 39.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Script error: No such module "convert". or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads), Script error: No such module "convert". or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.[1]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 37.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 31.2% is used for growing crops and 20.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[1]
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Bridge Argent masoned above two barrulets wavy in base and in chief a Mullet of the same.[2]
Demographics
Staffelbach 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 populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since June 2009[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 6.6% of the population are foreign nationals.[3] Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.6%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (96.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).[4]
The age distribution, since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Staffelbach is; 98 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 148 teenagers or 14.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 107 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 158 people or 15.2% are between 30 and 39, 192 people or 18.5% are between 40 and 49, and 140 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 87 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 71 people or 6.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 36 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 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 26 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 144 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 176 homes with 5 or more persons in the household.[6] since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 374 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[4] In 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 172 single family homes (or 42.4% of the total) out of a total of 406 homes and apartments.[7] There were a total of 5 empty apartments for a 1.2% 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 1 new units per 1000 residents.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 49.63% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (12.83%), the EVP Party (9.81%) and the FDP (7.7%). In the federal election, a total of 351 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.6%.[8]
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Economy
since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Staffelbach had an unemployment rate of 0.7%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 89 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 29 businesses involved in this sector. 93 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 10 businesses in this sector. 97 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 31 businesses in this sector.[4]
In 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 527 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 389 or about 73.8% of the residents worked outside Staffelbach while 123 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 261 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.[9] Of the working population, 7.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 61.8% used a private car.[4]
Religion
From the 2000 census[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 165 or 16.9% were Roman Catholic, while 678 or 69.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 individuals (or about 0.61% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.[6]
Education
In Staffelbach about 77.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either 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 80 students attending primary school, there are 70 students attending secondary school in the municipality.[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.comTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". accessed 14-June-2010
- ↑ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010
- ↑ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14-June-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
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Template:In lang accessed 28 May 2010
- ↑ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Template:In lang accessed 21 January 2010
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