Zofingen District

Zofingen District Bezirk Zofingen
—  District  —
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
Capital	Zofingen
Area
– Total	142.01 km2 (54.8 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	64,746
– Density	455.9/km2 (1,180.8/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	18

Zofingen District is a district in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the southwest corner of the Canton. The seat is Zofingen. The largest municipality in population is Oftringen, the smallest is Wiliberg. It has a population of 64,746 (as of 31 December 2010).^[1]

Geography

Bezirk Zofingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 141.97 square kilometers (54.81 sq mi). Of this area, 55.93 km² (21.59 sq mi) or 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61.82 km² (23.87 sq mi) or 43.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 23.43 km² (9.05 sq mi) or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads).^[2]

Demographics

Zofingen district has a population (as of December 2010^[update]) of 64,746.^[1] As of June 2009^[update], 20.4% of the population are foreign nationals.^[3]

Economy

In 2000^[update] there were 30,570 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 21,580 or about 70.6% of the residents worked outside the Zofingen district while 16,514 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 25,504 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.^[4]

Religion

From the 2000 census^[update], 15,245 or 26.2% were Roman Catholic, while 31,061 or 53.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 130 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.^[2]

Education

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year^[update]), there are 4,351 students attending primary school, there are 1,689 students attending secondary school, there are 1,062 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 9 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.^[2]

Municipalities

Coat of arms	Municipality	Population (31 December 2010)[1]	Area, km²[5]
	Aarburg	7,033	4.42
	Attelwil	299	2.22
	Bottenwil	792	5.1
	Brittnau	3,652	13.69
	Kirchleerau	754	4.36
	Kölliken	4,126	8.89
	Moosleerau	853	3.81
	Murgenthal	2,803	18.65
	Oftringen	12,326	12.85
	Reitnau	1,219	5.81
	Rothrist	7,812	11.84
	Safenwil	3,489	5.99
	Staffelbach	1,042	8.94
	Strengelbach	4,550	6.01
	Uerkheim	1,272	7.1
	Vordemwald	1,700	10.13
	Wiliberg	155	1.17
	Zofingen	10,869	11.09

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Canton of Aargau Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bevölkerungsbestand per 31.12.2010 nach Gemeinde, Geschlecht u. Nationalität (German) accessed 11 May 2011
2. ^ ^{a b c} Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 (German) accessed 20 January 2010
3. ^ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung (German) accessed 20 January 2010
4. ^ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen (German) accessed 21 January 2010
5. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010

Coordinates: 47°17′N 7°56′E / 47.283°N 7.933°E / 47.283; 7.933