Rheinfelden District lies in the northwest of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, in the

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region. Its capital is Rheinfelden. Around 88% of the population live in the conurbation of

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

. There are 14 municipalities, with a population of (as of ) living in an area of 112.09 km². The population density is around 355 persons per square kilometre.

Geography

The Rheinfelden district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

Demographics

Rheinfelden district has a population () of . , 21.3% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
accessed 20 January 2010

Economy

there were 19,081 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 13,553 or about 71.0% of the residents worked outside the Rheinfelden district while 8,272 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 13,800 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010

Religion

From the , 14,982 or 40.2% were

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, while 11,153 or 29.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 474 who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Education

Of the school age population (), there are 3,090 students attending

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, there are 1,111 students attending secondary school, there are 734 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 32 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.

Municipalities

References

Districts of Aargau {{Aargau-geo-stub