Fislisbach is a

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in the district of

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...

in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History

Fislisbach is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Vicelisbach''.

Geography

, Fislisbach has an area of . Of this area, 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.6% is forested. The rest of the land, (22%) is settled. The municipality is located in the Baden district at the foot of the Heitersberg. It consists of the

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of Fislisbach and scattered single and multi-family housing developments.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Azure a Cross Lorraine pattee fitchy patonce Argent''Flags of the World.com
accessed 8 February 2010

Demographics

Fislisbach has a population (as of ) of . , 22.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Bereich 01 - Bevölkerung
accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.0%), with Italian being second most common (2.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (1.6%).
accessed 8 February 2010 The age distribution, , in Fislisbach is; 507 children or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 544 teenagers or 10.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 654 people or 12.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 736 people or 14.5% are between 30 and 39, 853 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 664 people or 13.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 593 people or 11.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 351 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 140 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 19 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 , there were 163 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 1,231 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 646 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.32 individuals. there were 642 single family homes (or 26.8% of the total) out of a total of 2,396 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 In the 2007, federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.4%), the CVP (17.5%), and the FDP (14.5%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Fislisbach, about 77% 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 382 students attending

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, there are 130 students attending secondary school in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:

Sport

Local football team

FC Baden FC Baden is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau, which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including five women's teams. They play in the Swiss Promo ...

play at the

Esp Stadium Esp Stadium is a stadium in Fislisbach, Switzerland. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of FC Baden. The stadium is situated a few kilometres outside of Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Ge ...

in the village.

Economy

, Fislisbach had an unemployment rate of 2.48%. , there were 102 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 229 people are employed in the

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and there are 30 businesses in this sector. 788 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 129 businesses in this sector. there were 2,751 total workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 2,321 or about 84.4% of the residents worked outside Fislisbach while 582 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 1,012 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

Transportation

It can be accessed by the nearby A1 motorway. The

Mellingen Heitersberg railway station Mellingen Heitersberg is a railway station in the municipality of Mellingen in the Swiss canton of Aargau Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), ...

is 1.5 km from the village.

Religion

From the , 2,672 or 53.7% are

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, while 1,298 or 26.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 13 individuals (or about 0.26% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of Aargau