Zufikon is a

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in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History

A single archeological find dates human habitation in the area to the

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. The first written reference to the village occurred in 1150.

Geography

Zufikon has an area, , of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Argent a Pale Sable between two Keys palewise Azure with wards downwards and inwards.''Flags of the World.com
accessed 4 March 2010

Demographics

Zufikon has a population (as of ) of . , 17.4% 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 (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 14.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (90.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.2%) and Turkish being third ( 1.5%).
accessed 4 March 2010 The age distribution, , in Zufikon is; 371 children or 9.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 463 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 498 people or 12.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 558 people or 14.1% are between 30 and 39, 611 people or 15.4% are between 40 and 49, and 641 people or 16.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 486 people or 12.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 233 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 100 people or 2.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.3% 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 134 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 651 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 575 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.48 individuals. there were 625 single family homes (or 36.0% of the total) out of a total of 1,734 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 19 empty apartments for a 1.1% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 11.5 new units per 1000 residents. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (19%), the SP (15.4%) and the FDP (13.9%). In Zufikon about 76.1% 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 265 students attending

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, there are 148 students attending secondary school in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy

, Zufikon had an unemployment rate of 2.39%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 141 people are employed in the

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and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 579 people are employed in the

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, with 99 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 1,944 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,649 or about 84.8% of the residents worked outside Zufikon while 398 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 693 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 Of the working population, 17.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 53% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 1,806 or 51.8% were

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, while 1,009 or 28.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Transportation

Zufikon is a stop of the

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on the line S17 provided by the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn.

References

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