Mülligen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 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 ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

History

The earliest known settlement was in the

Early Middle Ages The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th or early 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Mi ...

, though the only traces of the settlement are two groups of graves. Mülligen is first mentioned in the 12th Century as ''Mülinon''. Until the 17th Century it was known as ''Mülinen''. The rights to high and low justice were held by the

Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

s through Königsfelden Abbey. After the secularization of the Abbey, those rights were held by

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

. Originally the major economic activity in Mülligen was agriculture and

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. After 1730, small scale textile production provided another source of income. Then in 1849 a

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processing plant opened in the village. Starting about 1830, the residents of Mülligen worked in the

spinning Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning * Spin, the rotation of an object around a central axis * Spin (propaganda), an intentionally b ...

mill in

Windisch Windisch may refer to: * Windisch (surname) (including a list of people with the name) * Windisch, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Aargau * Windisch (ethnonym), German word Wends for Slavs * Windisch Kamnitz, German name of Srbská Ka ...

, and the first industrial plant in Mülligen opened in 1909. In 1924, a

gravel Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone. Gravel is classifi ...

plant opened in the village, and it was expanded in 1955. In 1964 the bovine artificial insemination center of the Swiss Association for Artificial Insemination opened. The passenger ferry on the river Reuss was replaced in 1940 by a bridge. Benefiting from the village's proximity to the junction of the A1 and A3 motorways, A1-A3, Mülligen has become a residential village with many commuters to Brugg, Baden and Zurich.

Geography

Mülligen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 28.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% 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 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 9.8% of the area 31.0% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 24.7% is used for growing crops and 10.4% 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, near the

Reuss Reuss may refer to: *Reuss (surname) *Reuss (river) in Switzerland *Reuss (state) or Reuß, several former states or countries in present-day Germany, and the Republic of Reuss *Reuss Elder Line and Reuss Younger Line (House of Reuss), members incl ...

river and along the southern slope of the ''Eiteberg''. It consists of the village of Mülligen and the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

of Trotte.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

is ''Or a Mill Wheel Sable and Coupeaux.'' The coat of arms of Mülligen is an example of

canting ' (IPA: , VOS Spelling: ''tjanting'', jv, ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ, Tjanting) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax ( jv, ) in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely '' batik tulis'' (lit. "written batik"). Traditional ''T ...

because of the mill wheel (german: Mühlrad).

Demographics

Mülligen has a population () of , 12.7% 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 17.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.9%), with French being second most common ( 1.3%) and Italian being third ( 1.0%).
accessed 8 April 2010 The age distribution, , in Mülligen is; 91 children or 9.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 121 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 137 people or 14.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 132 people or 14.2% are between 30 and 39, 159 people or 17.1% are between 40 and 49, and 151 people or 16.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 93 people or 10.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 29 people or 3.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 19 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and 89.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 0.59 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 54.7% 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 pu ...

or a

rent-to-own Rent-to-own, also known as rental purchase or rent-to-buy, is a type of legally documented transaction under which tangible property, such as furniture, consumer electronics, motor vehicles, home appliances, real property, and engagement rin ...

agreement). , there were 26 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 138 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 134 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.57 individuals. there were 152 single family homes (or 38.7% of the total) out of a total of 393 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 5 empty apartments for a 1.3% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.4 new units per 1000 residents. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (25%), the

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(9.6%) and the FDP (7.6%). In Mülligen about 85.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

''). Of the school age population (), there are 55 students attending

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

Economy

, Mülligen had an unemployment rate of 1.44%. , there were 36 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 34 people are employed in the

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and there are 9 businesses in this sector. 44 people are employed in the

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, with 16 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 460 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 383 or about 83.3% of the residents worked outside Mülligen while 106 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 183 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, 13.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.7% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 271 or 34.7% were

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

, while 411 or 52.7% 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 2 individuals (or about 0.26% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Weather

Mülligen has an average of 133.5 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of

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. The wettest month is August during which time Mülligen receives an average of of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.7 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13, but with only of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is October with an average of of precipitation over 11.7 days., the weather station elevation is 367 meters above sea level.

References

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