Linn is a former

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) , website ...

in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn,

Oberbözberg Oberbözberg is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg merged to form the new municipality of Bözberg ...

and

Unterbözberg Unterbözberg is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg merged to form the new municipality of Böz ...

merged to form the new municipality of Bözberg.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013

History

Linn is first mentioned around 1303-08 as ''ze Linne''. In 1307 it was mentioned as ''ze Lind''. The name is probably connected with the 500- to 800-year-old, legendary Linden tree which is east of Linn. In the

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it probably belonged to the

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ei of

Elfingen Elfingen is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen and Hornussen merged into the new municipality of Böztal. History While ...

. In 1460 it was incorporated as part of the court of Bözberg in the Canton of Bern. Initially, its inhabitants were part of the Elfingen-Bözen

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, and after 1649 the Bözberg parish. Before the Reformation in 1528, it possessed a chapel. Agriculture was the major economic activity up into the middle of the 19th century. Due to declining opportunities in the mid-19th century, many of the farming families migrated away. By the end of the 20th century there were seven farms, while most other workers in the region were working in Brugg. Since the 1990s, Linn has been accessible by

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Geography

Linn had an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.7% 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 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. 42.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.1% is used for growing crops and 25.5% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former municipality is located in the Brugg district, on a plateau of the Bözberg and south-west of the pass over the mountain. It consists of the

linear village Linearity is the property of a mathematical relationship ('' function'') that can be graphically represented as a straight line. Linearity is closely related to '' proportionality''. Examples in physics include rectilinear motion, the linear ...

of Linn.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Argent on a Mount Vert a Linden Tree of the same trunked and eradicated proper.'' The name Linn comes from legendary 500- to 800-year-old Linden tree that is east of the town. As the coat of arms shows this tree, it is an example of

canting arms Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name (or, less often, some attribute or function) in a visual pun or rebus. French heralds used the term (), as they would sound out the name of the armiger. Many armorial all ...

Demographics

Linn had a population () of 136.Canton of Aargau Statistical Office
, MS Excel document – ''Bevölkerungsbestand 2011 nach Gemeinde, Geschlecht u. Nationalität (per 31. Dezember 2011)'' accessed 2 May 2012 , 8.8% 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 29.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.4%), with French being second most common (2.7%) and Dutch being third (0.9%).
accessed 5 April 2010 The age distribution, , in Linn is; 14 children or 10.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 17 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 10 people or 7.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 15 people or 10.9% are between 30 and 39, 37 people or 26.8% are between 40 and 49, and 23 people or 16.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 9.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 5 people or 3.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 2.9% who are between 80 and 89.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)
accessed 20 January 2010 the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 72.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a

mortgage A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any ...

or a rent-to-own agreement). , there were 2 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 16 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 22 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.73 individuals. there were 26 single family homes (or 46.4% of the total) out of a total of 56 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.7%), the SP (7.6%) and the CVP (6.6%). In Linn about 88.3% 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 13 students attending

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in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:

Sights

The village of Linn is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Economy

, Linn had an unemployment rate of 1.62%. , there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the

secondary 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 2 businesses in this sector. 13 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 5 businesses in this sector. there was a total of 68 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 46 or about 67.6% of the residents worked outside Linn while 6 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 28 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 53.5% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 24 or 21.4% were

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, while 78 or 69.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

References

External links

* {{Authority control Former municipalities of Aargau