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Oberbözberg is a former
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Brugg Brugg (sometimes written as Brugg AG in order to distinguish it from other ''Brugg''s) is a Switzerland, Swiss Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and a List of towns in Switzerland, town in the canton of Aargau and is the seat of the Bru ...
in canton of
Aargau Aargau ( ; ), more formally the Canton of Aargau (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capital is Aarau. Aargau is one of the most nort ...
in
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. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Oberbözberg and
Unterbözberg Unterbözberg is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Swi ...
merged to form the new municipality of
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 ...
.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013


History

Oberbözberg is first mentioned in 1189 as ''Bozeberch''. Until 1873, the municipality was part of Bözberg, which split into Oberbözberg and
Unterbözberg Unterbözberg is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Swi ...
.


Geography

Oberbözberg had an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. 43.5% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 32.8% is used for growing crops and 14.3% is pastures, while 3.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The former municipality is located in the Brugg district. It consists of the
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of Oberbözberg and the
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of Ueberthal as well as scattered farms.


Coat of arms

The
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of the municipal
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is ''Argent on a Base Vert a Pine Tree of the same and a Deer Gules statant to sinister and regardant.''


Demographics

Oberbözberg had a population () of 499.Canton of Aargau Statistical Office
, MS Excel document – ''Bevölkerungsbestand 2011 nach Gemeinde, Geschlecht u. Nationalität (per 31. Dezember 2011)'' accessed 2 May 2012
, 7.1% 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 -5%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.5%), with French being second most common ( 0.9%) and English being third ( 0.9%).
accessed 8 April 2010
The age distribution, , in Oberbözberg is; 37 children or 7.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 77 teenagers or 16.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 58 people or 12.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 41 people or 8.5% are between 30 and 39, 87 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 95 people or 19.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 49 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 3.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 15 people or 3.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 4 people or 0.8% 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 0.56 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 75.4% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a
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or a rent-to-own agreement). , there were 8 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 58 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 121 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.77 individuals. there were 127 single family homes (or 59.1% of the total) out of a total of 215 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010
There were a total of 6 empty apartments for a 2.8% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.1 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.2%), the SP (13.2%) and the CVP (11.3%). In Oberbözberg about 80.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''
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''). Of the school age population (), there are 38 students attending
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in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:


Sights

The hamlet of Ueberthal is designated as part of the
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.


Economy

, Oberbözberg had an unemployment rate of 1.18%. , there were 67 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 36 people are employed in the
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, with 10 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 275 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 227 or about 82.5% of the residents worked outside Oberbözberg while 20 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 68 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, 21.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 52.4% used a private car.


Religion

From the , 153 or 28.7% were
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, while 304 or 56.9% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...
. 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oberbozberg Former municipalities of Aargau