Zofingen District Explained

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).

Geography

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).

Demographics

Zofingen district has a population of ., 20.4% of the population are foreign nationals.[1]

Economy

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]

Religion

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]

Education

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]

Municipalities

Coat of armsMunicipalityPopulation

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

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ag.ch/staag/ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
  2. http://www.ag.ch/staag/ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
  3. http://www.ag.ch/staag/ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
  4. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics