Tegerfelden is a

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

Geography

Located in the Surb river valley, Tegerfelden has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.9% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures, while 6.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Azure Border compony Gules and Argent an Eagle displayed of the last.''

Demographics

Tegerfelden has a population () of . , 44.8% of the population are foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 0.4%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 22-June-2010 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population was made up of 458 Swiss men (44.8% of the population), and 53 (5.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 465 Swiss women (45.5%), and 46 (4.5%) non-Swiss women. In there were 12 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 7 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 8 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 4 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 12 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 15 people. This represents a

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of 2.7%. The age distribution, , in Tegerfelden is; 117 children or 11.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 128 teenagers or 12.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 133 people or 13.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 134 people or 13.1% are between 30 and 39, 179 people or 17.4% are between 40 and 49, and 151 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 95 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 5.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 28 people or 2.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 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 37 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 130 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 186 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. , there were 366 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 158 single family homes (or 37.7% of the total) out of a total of 419 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 3 empty apartments for a 0.7% vacancy rate. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5 new units per 1000 residents. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.57% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.63%), the SP (10.65%) and the FDP (9.24%). In the federal election, a total of 363 votes were cast, and the

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was 50.7%. The historical population is given in the following table:

Heritage sites of national significance

The so-called ''Gerichtshaus'' (a former Meierhof) is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Tegerfelden is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Economy

, Tegerfelden had an unemployment rate of 1.02%. , there were 77 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 142 people are employed in the

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and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 85 people are employed in the

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, with 20 businesses in this sector. there were 515 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 388 or about 75.3% of the residents worked outside Tegerfelden while 117 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 244 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, 8.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.7% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 529 or 54.8% were

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, while 335 or 34.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Education

In Tegerfelden about 78.1% 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 77 students attending

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in the municipality.

References

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