Official Name: | Zofingen District |
Native Name: | Bezirk Zofingen |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Area Total Km2: | 142.01 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank Info Sec1: | 17 |
Zofingen District is a district in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the southwest corner of the Canton. The seat is Zofingen. The largest municipality in population is Oftringen, the smallest is Wiliberg. It has a population of (as of).
Bezirk Zofingen has an area,, of 141.97km2. Of this area, 55.93km2 or 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61.82km2 or 43.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 23.43km2 or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads).
Zofingen district has a population of ., 20.4% of the population are foreign nationals.[1]
there were 30,570 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 21,580 or about 70.6% of the residents worked outside the Zofingen district while 16,514 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 25,504 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.[2]
From the, 15,245 or 26.2% were Roman Catholic, while 31,061 or 53.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 130 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.[3]
Of the school age population, there are 4,351 students attending primary school, there are 1,689 students attending secondary school, there are 1,062 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 9 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.[3]
Coat of arms | Municipality | Population | Area, km2[4] |
---|---|---|---|
4.42 | |||
5.1 | |||
13.69 | |||
4.36 | |||
8.89 | |||
3.81 | |||
18.65 | |||
12.85 | |||
5.81 | |||
11.84 | |||
5.99 | |||
8.94 | |||
6.01 | |||
7.1 | |||
10.13 | |||
1.17 | |||
11.09 | |||
The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000: