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Villnachern is a
Villnachern has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 7.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.7% 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 7.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. 46.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.1% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 18.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.0%), with French being second most common ( 1.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).
accessed 12-April-2010 The age distribution, , in Villnachern is; 184 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 166 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 151 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 195 people or 13.1% are between 30 and 39, 234 people or 15.7% are between 40 and 49, and 218 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 195 people or 13.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 91 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 44 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 8 people or 0.5% 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 45 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 212 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 227 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.40 individuals. , there were 497 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 333 single family homes (or 50.4% of the total) out of a total of 661 homes and apartments. Over the 8 years between the two surveys, the number of private households in the municipality increased by 164.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 10 empty apartments for a 1.5% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.5 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.5%), the FDP (11.6%) and the CVP (10.2%). In Villnachern about 82.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 12-Apr-2010
accessed 21 January 2010 Of the working population, 15.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.7% used a private car.
accessed 20 January 2010
Villnachern 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)
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in the 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 ...
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
Villnachern has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 7.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.7% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. 46.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.1% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
Coat of arms
Theblazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Azure a Ploughshare Or between in Chief two Mullets of Five of the same.''
Demographics
Villnachern has a population () of , 10.8% 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 18.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.0%), with French being second most common ( 1.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).
accessed 12-April-2010 The age distribution, , in Villnachern is; 184 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 166 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 151 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 195 people or 13.1% are between 30 and 39, 234 people or 15.7% are between 40 and 49, and 218 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 195 people or 13.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 91 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 44 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 8 people or 0.5% 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 45 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 212 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 227 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.40 individuals. , there were 497 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 333 single family homes (or 50.4% of the total) out of a total of 661 homes and apartments. Over the 8 years between the two surveys, the number of private households in the municipality increased by 164.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 10 empty apartments for a 1.5% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.5 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.5%), the FDP (11.6%) and the CVP (10.2%). In Villnachern about 82.2% 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 121 students attending primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Heritage sites of national significance
TheTithe barn
A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithe
A tithe (; from Old English: ''teogoþa'' "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious orga ...
(german: Zehntenhaus) at Vorstadt 2 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.21.11.2008 version, accessed 12-Apr-2010
Economy
, Villnachern had an unemployment rate of 1.83%. , there were 54 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 72 people are employed in thesecondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there are 16 businesses in this sector. 80 people are employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 30 businesses in this sector.
there was a total of 635 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 530 or about 83.5% of the residents worked outside Villnachern while 72 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 177 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, 15.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.7% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 304 or 24.9% wereRoman 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 684 or 56.0% 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 4 individuals (or about 0.33% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009accessed 20 January 2010
References
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