Zofingen District is a district in the

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canton of

Aargau Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...

. It is located in the southwest corner of the Canton. The seat is

Zofingen Zofingen (french: Zofingue) is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home of an ancient monastic settlement. History In ancient times Zofingen was a settleme ...

. The largest municipality in population is

Oftringen Oftringen is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest trace of human habitation near Oftringen is scattered mesolithic era finds. A Roman era farm at the intersection of two ro ...

, the smallest is

Wiliberg Wiliberg is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Wiliberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 72.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.9% is forested. Of the rest of the ...

. It has a population of (as of ).

Geography

Bezirk Zofingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads).

Demographics

Zofingen district has a population () of . , 20.4% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
accessed 20 January 2010

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.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010

Religion

From the , 15,245 or 26.2% were

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, while 31,061 or 53.3% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. Of the rest of the population, there were 130 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Education

Of the school age population (), there are 4,351 students attending

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, there are 1,689 students attending

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, 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.

Municipalities

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000: *2002: Mühlethal merged into Zofingen *2019:

Attelwil Attelwil is a former municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipality of Attelwil merged into the municipality of Reitnau. History Attelwil is first mentioned in 1306 ...

merged into Reitnau

References

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