Effingen is a former

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in the district of

Brugg , neighboring_municipalities = Gebenstorf, Habsburg, Hausen, Holderbank, Lupfig, Riniken, Rüfenach, Schinznach, Untersiggenthal, Villigen, Villnachern, Veltheim, Windisch , twintowns = Rottweil (Germany) , website ...

in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bözen, Effingen,

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and

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merged into the new municipality of Böztal.

History

Effingen is first mentioned in 1284 as ''Efingen'' though the area was settled earlier. The earliest evidence of a settlement is a

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chapel with associated Alamanni graves. Effingen belonged to the court of Elfingen until 1460 when it was purchased by Bern. Under Bern it belonged to the court of Bözen of the Schenkenberg Bailiwick. By 1550 the village administrative rights were limited and in 1614 village officials were first mentioned. Effingen's chapel belonged to the

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of Elfingen and after 1600 to the parish of Bözen. By no later than 1684 there was a village school. Until the 19th century agriculture prevailed with wine being the most important product. In the 18th century home processing of

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brought another industry to the village. The village has had a tavern since the 13th century, which provided a stopping point for traffic over the Bözberg and another source of income. In 1777-79 a new road was built, which increased the traffic into the village. Then, in 1875, a railroad station was built in Effingen. In 1996, the A3 motorway was built near Effingen. Since about 1980 the village has been expanding with new construction. By 2000, the third sector of the economy accounted for about two thirds of jobs in Effingen.

Geography

Effingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. 46.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.5% is used for growing crops and 20.4% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located in the Brugg district on the western flank of the

Bözberg Bözberg is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It ceased to exist in 1873, when it was split into the two new municipalities Oberböz ...

. It consists of the

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of Effingen and the

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of Chästel as well as scattered individual farm houses. The municipalities of Bözen, Effingen,

and Zeihen are considering a merger some time in the future into a new municipality with an as yet () undetermined name.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010

Distance from Major Municipalities

Effingen is a small municipality, yet is near some of Switzerland's major cities. *Effingen to

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

: *Effingen to Lucerne: *Effingen to Bern:

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Per fess Gules a Wing Argent and Argent a Mullet of Five Gules and Coupeaux Vert.''

Demographics

Effingen has a population () of , 9.4% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -0.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.4%) and English being third ( 0.9%).
accessed 1 April 2010 The age distribution, , in Effingen is; 44 children or 7.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 91 teenagers or 14.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 89 people or 14.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 57 people or 9.3% are between 30 and 39, 106 people or 17.3% are between 40 and 49, and 114 people or 18.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 59 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 37 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 the average number of residents per living room was 0.61 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 66.4% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a

mortgage A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any ...

or a rent-to-own agreement). , there were 11 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 98 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 102 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.76 individuals. there were 129 single family homes (or 54.2% of the total) out of a total of 238 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 4 empty apartments for a 1.7% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.6 new units per 1000 residents. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (15.5%), the CVP (9.7%) and the

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(9.1%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Effingen about 77.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule''). Of the school age population (), there are 35 students attending

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in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:

Heritage sites of national significance

The Roman road at the

near Effingen was listed as a heritage site of national significance but is no longer listed in the 2009 inventory. Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, p. 37.

Transportation

The municipality is located on the A3 motorway.

Economy

, Effingen had an unemployment rate of 1.53%. , there were 53 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 11 people are employed in the

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and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 101 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

, with 20 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 301 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 214 or about 71.1% of the residents worked outside Effingen while 51 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 138 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 18.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 52% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 170 or 26.9% were

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, while 353 or 55.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau – Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

References

External links

* {{Authority control Former municipalities of Aargau Cultural property of national significance in Aargau