Strengelbach
Strengelbach is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Geography
Strengelbach 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 31.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while Script error: No such module "convert". or 44.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Script error: No such module "convert". or 23.0% is settled (buildings or roads), Script error: No such module "convert". or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.[1]
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.8%. Out of the forested land, 43.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.5% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures, while 1.2% 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 Or a Bend wavy sinister Azure.[2]
Demographics
Strengelbach 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"., 24.8% 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 (85.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 2.2%).[4]
The age distribution, since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Strengelbach is; 457 children or 10.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 508 teenagers or 11.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 608 people or 13.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 620 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 767 people or 17.1% are between 40 and 49, and 608 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 485 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 265 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 154 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 25 people or 0.6% 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 199 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 971 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 515 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 1,711 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.[4] In 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 668 single family homes (or 31.9% of the total) out of a total of 2,093 homes and apartments.[7] There were a total of 60 empty apartments for a 2.9% 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 0.9 new units per 1000 residents.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (23.41%), the FDP (13.15%) and the Green Party (8.8%). In the federal election, a total of 1,194 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.8%.[8]
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Economy
since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Strengelbach had an unemployment rate of 2.98%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 313 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 35 businesses in this sector. 792 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 83 businesses in this sector.[4]
In 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 2,298 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,796 or about 78.2% of the residents worked outside Strengelbach while 675 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 1,177 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.[9] Of the working population, 9.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 49.7% 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"., 1,369 or 32.1% were Roman Catholic, while 2,124 or 49.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.[6]
Education
In Strengelbach about 62% 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 338 students attending primary school, there are 130 students attending secondary school in the municipality.[6]
Strengelbach is home to the Gemeindebibliothek Strengelbach (municipal library of Strengelbach). The library has (since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) 7,645 books or other media, and loaned out 23,931 items in the same year. It was open a total of 169 days with average of 8.5 hours per week during that year.[10]
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 15-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 15-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
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 14 May 2010
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