Oberrohrdorf is a

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in the district of

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in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History

Oberrohrdorf is first mentioned in 1179 as ''Rordorf''. Around 1303-08 it was mentioned as ''ze Oberen-Rordorf''. The

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of Staretschwil was first mentioned in 1124 as ''Starchoswilare''. In 1854 the municipality of Rohrdorf split into

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, Oberrohrdorf and Remetschwil.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010

Geography

Oberrohrdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, 39.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.5% is forested. The rest of the land, (20.7%) is settled. The municipality is located in the Baden district on western flank of the ''Heitersberg''. It consists of the village of Oberrohrdorf and the hamlet of Staretschwil.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Gules a Royal Orb Or crossed with Cross Patriarchal of the same topped and in chief a Mullet Argent all between two Bulrushes proper issuant from Coupeaux Vert.''Flags of the World.com
accessed 9 February 2010

Demographics

Oberrohrdorf has a population (as of ) of . , 15.2% 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 10.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.1%).
accessed 9 February 2010 The age distribution, , in Oberrohrdorf is; 292 children or 7.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 411 teenagers or 11.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 451 people or 12.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 426 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 604 people or 16.3% are between 40 and 49, and 540 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 512 people or 13.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 349 people or 9.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 112 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 7 people or 0.2% 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 96 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 605 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 645 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.47 individuals. there were 706 single family homes (or 42.4% of the total) out of a total of 1,664 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.5%), the CVP (18.8%) and the SP (14.2%). In Oberrohrdorf about 82.3% 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 214 students attending

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, there are 103 students attending secondary school in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy

, Oberrohrdorf had an unemployment rate of 2.14%. , there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 118 people are employed in the

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and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 339 people are employed in the

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, with 86 businesses in this sector. there were 1,725 total workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,485 or about 86.1% of the residents worked outside Oberrohrdorf while 199 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 439 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

Religion

From the , 1,566 or 46.6% are

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, while 1,111 or 33.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 8 individuals (or about 0.24% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

References

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