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Schmiedrued is a
Schmiedrued has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. 25.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.1% is used for growing crops and 33.0% is pastures, while 6.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
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Schmiedrued has a population () of , 7.8% 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 1.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.8%) and Spanish being third ( 0.7%).
accessed 30-April-2010 The age distribution, , in Schmiedrued is; 116 children or 9.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 173 teenagers or 14.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 136 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 119 people or 9.8% are between 30 and 39, 236 people or 19.5% are between 40 and 49, and 189 people or 15.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 95 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 85 people or 7.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 50 people or 4.1% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 10 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 , there were 25 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 211 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 176 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.77 individuals. , there were 431 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. there were 226 single family homes (or 44.2% of the total) out of a total of 511 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 5 empty apartments for a 1.0% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. In the
accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 6.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 56% used a private car.
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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 Kulm in the canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
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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 ...
in 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 ...
.
Geography
Schmiedrued has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. 25.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.1% is used for growing crops and 33.0% is pastures, while 6.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Coat of arms
Theblazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Azure a Hammer Sable headed Argent and in chief two Oars of the last in Saltire and in chief a Mullet of the same.'' This may be an example of canting, where the hammer (german: schmied) representing the first part of Schmiedrued and the second part of the name is illustrated by the oars (german: Ruder).accessed 30-April-2010
Demographics
Schmiedrued has a population () of , 7.8% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerungaccessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 1.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.8%) and Spanish being third ( 0.7%).
accessed 30-April-2010 The age distribution, , in Schmiedrued is; 116 children or 9.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 173 teenagers or 14.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 136 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 119 people or 9.8% are between 30 and 39, 236 people or 19.5% are between 40 and 49, and 189 people or 15.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 95 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 85 people or 7.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 50 people or 4.1% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 10 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 , there were 25 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 211 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 176 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.77 individuals. , there were 431 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. there were 226 single family homes (or 44.2% of the total) out of a total of 511 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 5 empty apartments for a 1.0% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. In the
2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (13%), the SP (8.5%) and the Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(6.9%).
In Schmiedrued about 67.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the school age population (), there are 104 students attending primary school
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, there are 54 students attending secondary school in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
, Schmiedrued had an unemployment rate of 0.96%. , there were 114 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 48 businesses involved in this sector. 122 people are employed in thesecondary sector
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and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 106 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 21 businesses in this sector.
there were 585 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 407 or about 69.6% of the residents worked outside Schmiedrued while 103 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 281 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesenaccessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 6.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 56% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 208 or 17.1% wereRoman Catholic
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, while 854 or 70.1% 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 ...
.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009accessed 20 January 2010
References
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