Würenlingen 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

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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 ...

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

Würenlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Argent an Acorn slipped and leaved of two Vert.''

Demographics

Würenlingen had a population (on ) of . In 2008, 21.6% of the population were made foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
Retrieved 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9%. Most of the population in 2000, speaks German (88.5%), with Albanian being second most common (2.8%) and Italian being third ( 2.0%).
Retrieved 13 February 2010 The age distribution , in Würenlingen is; 426 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 514 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 550 people or 13.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 513 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 754 people or 18.6% are between 40 and 49, and 533 people or 13.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 378 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 239 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 124 people or 3.1% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 15 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
Retrieved 20 January 2010 In 2000, there were 108 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 638 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 604 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.57 individuals. In 2008, there were 742 single family homes (or 42.5% of the total) out of a total of 1,745 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
Retrieved 20 January 2010 There were a total of 24 empty apartments for a 1.4% vacancy rate. In 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 3.4 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (26.3%), the SP (11.9%) and the FDP (10.9%). In Würenlingen about 76.9% 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 353 students attending

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, there are 123 students attending secondary school in the municipality.

Sights

The village of Würenlingen is designated as part of the

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Economy

As of 2007, Würenlingen had an unemployment rate of 1.64%. , there were 68 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. One thousand one hundred and sixty five people are employed in the

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and there are 57 businesses in this sector. Six hundred and seven 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 93 businesses in this sector. , there was a total of 1,939 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,342 or about 69.2% of the residents worked outside Würenlingen while 1,399 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 1,996 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 14.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 53% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 2,150 or 59.0% are

Roman 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 750 or 20.6% 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 are 4 individuals (or about 0.11% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Swissair Flight 330

On 21 February 1970, a bomb placed by Palestinian terrorists was detonated on Swissair Flight 330. The flight crashed at Würenlingen, killing all 47 passengers and crew.

Shootings

Würenlingen has had multiple shootings. In 1985, Alfredo Lardelli, a Swiss entrepreneur, shot the husband of his former wife and two prostitutes. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison and became a Swiss media personality thereafter.Swiss shooting leaves several dead
The Guardian, 10 May 2015 In 2015, a 36-year-old man killed his parents and brother-in-law, as well as their neighbour, before committing suicide.Fünf Menschen wurden durch Schüsse getötet
20 Minuten, 10 May 2015

References

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