| Subject Name: | Zeihen |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Canton: | Aargau |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-AG |
| Coordinates: | 47.4833°N 13°W |
| Postal Code: | 5079 |
| Municipality Code: | 4183 |
| Area: | 6.87 |
| Elevation: | 445 |
| Population: | 909 |
| Populationof: | December 2006 |
| Popofyear: | 2006 |
| Website: | www.zeihen.ch |
Zeihen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Zeihen has an area,, of 6.88km2. Of this area, 3.5km2 or 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.8km2 or 40.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59km2 or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.[1]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 37.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.5% is used for growing crops and 24.4% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[1]
The municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen, Hornussen and Zeihen are considering a merger some time in the future into a new municipality with an as yet undetermined name.[2]
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert a Pale counter-compony Sable and Or between two Ears of Wheat of the last.[3]
Zeihen has a population of ., 8.5% of the population are foreign nationals.[4] Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population speaks German (92.6%), with Albanian being second most common (4.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (0.8%).[5]
The age distribution,, in Zeihen is; 99 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 164 teenagers or 17.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 82 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 114 people or 11.8% are between 30 and 39, 205 people or 21.2% are between 40 and 49, and 130 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 90 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 44 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 34 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.[6]
, there were 36 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 111 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 148 homes with 5 or more persons in the household., there were 301 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.[5] there were 205 single family homes (or 52.8% of the total) out of a total of 388 homes and apartments.[7] There were a total of 0 empty apartments for a 0.0% vacancy rate.[7], the construction rate of new housing units was 9.5 new units per 1000 residents.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (17.5%), the Green Party (10.3%) and the SP (10.1%).[5]
In Zeihen about 76% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[5] Of the school age population, there are 73 students attending primary school, there are 47 students attending secondary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:[6]
The village of Oberzeihen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[8]
, Zeihen had an unemployment rate of 1.9%., there were 70 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 44 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 94 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 30 businesses in this sector.[5]
there were 427 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 312 or about 73.1% of the residents worked outside Zeihen while 63 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 178 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.[9] Of the working population, 16.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.7% used a private car.[5]
From the, 539 or 62.5% were Roman Catholic, while 175 or 20.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.[10]