Dintikon
Dintikon is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
The small village is located near Lenzburg and Wohlen.
History
Dintikon is first mentioned in 924 as Tintinchowa.<ref name=HDS/>
Geography
Dintikon has an area, Template:As of, of Template:Convert. Of this area, Template:Convert or 38.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while Template:Convert or 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Template:Convert or 18.8% is settled (buildings or roads).<ref name=BFS_land>Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:In lang accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 18.0% is used for growing crops and 19.3% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality is located in the Lenzburg district, from the eastern edge of the Rietenberg to the edge of the Bünztal (Bünz valley).
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable on a Bend sinister three Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper.<ref>Template:Usurped accessed 13-May-2010</ref>
Demographics
Dintikon has a population (Template:As of) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref Template:As of, 19.0% of the population are foreign nationals.<ref name=AG_pop>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 28.9%. Most of the population (Template:As of) speaks German (93.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.8%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).<ref name=SFSO>Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 13-May-2010</ref>
The age distribution, Template:As of, in Dintikon is; 217 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 227 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 234 people or 13.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 247 people or 13.8% are between 30 and 39, 326 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 254 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 167 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 78 people or 4.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 38 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.<ref name=structure>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv) Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010</ref>
Template:As of 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 Template:Convert as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> About 66.7% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).<ref>Urban Audit Glossary pg 17</ref>
Template:As of, there were 33 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 197 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 250 homes with 5 or more persons in the household.<ref name=zahlen/> Template:As of, there were 506 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> Template:As of there were 306 single family homes (or 42.9% of the total) out of a total of 714 homes and apartments.<ref name=AG_data>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010</ref> There were a total of 5 empty apartments for a 0.7% vacancy rate.<ref name="AG_data"/> Template:As of, the construction rate of new housing units was 64.5 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (19.3%), the SP (11.8%) and the CVP (8.6%).<ref name=SFSO/>
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dintikon about 75.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).<ref name=SFSO/> Of the school age population (Template:As of), there are 163 students attending primary school in the municipality.<ref name=zahlen/>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>Template:HDS</ref> Template:Historical populations
Economy
Template:As of, Dintikon had an unemployment rate of 2%. Template:As of, there were 44 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 206 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 25 businesses in this sector. 897 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 53 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
Template:As of there were 724 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 548 or about 75.7% of the residents worked outside Dintikon while 900 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 1,076 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.<ref>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 January 2010</ref> Of the working population, 9.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.8% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
Transport
Dintikon shares a railway station with Dottikon. The station is located on the Aargau Southern Railway line and is served by services of the Aargau S-Bahn and the S42 of the Zurich S-Bahn, which is a rush-hour service.<ref name="fpf800.42">Template:Cite web</ref>
Religion
From the Template:As of, 485 or 37.1% were Roman Catholic, while 630 or 48.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.<ref name=zahlen>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010</ref>
References
External links
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