Schlossrued
Schlossrued is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Geography
Schlossrued has an area, Template:As of, of Template:Convert. Of this area, Template:Convert or 61.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while Template:Convert or 31.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Template:Convert or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads), Template:Convert or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.<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, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 16.6% is used for growing crops and 41.7% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.<ref name=BFS_land/>
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Tower embattled Argent roofed Gules issuant from Coupeaux Vert and in chief two Oars of the second in Saltire and between them in chief a Mullet of the same<ref>Template:Usurped accessed 30-April-2010</ref>
Demographics
Schlossrued has a population (Template:As of) of Template:Swiss populationsTemplate:Swiss populations ref Template:As of, 6.9% 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 -7.1%. Most of the population (Template:As of) speaks German (96.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Albanian being third ( 0.6%).<ref name=SFSO>Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 30-April-2010</ref>
The age distribution, Template:As of, in Schlossrued is; 77 children or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 136 teenagers or 15.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 86 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 107 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 159 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 129 people or 14.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 73 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 75 people or 8.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 3.5% are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 or 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, there were 20 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 118 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 171 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.76 individuals.<ref name=zahlen/> Template:As of, there were 321 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> Template:As of there were 141 single family homes (or 41.0% of the total) out of a total of 344 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 4 empty apartments for a 1.2% vacancy rate.<ref name="AG_data"/> Template:As of, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.2 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>
In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the SVP, who received 54.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (11.7%), the CSP (8.5%) and the Green Party (7%).<ref name=SFSO/>
In Schlossrued about 66.9% 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 74 students attending primary school, there are 73 students attending secondary school in the municipality.<ref name=zahlen/>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=structure/> Template:Historical populations
Economy
Template:As of, Schlossrued had an unemployment rate of 1.59%. Template:As of, there were 123 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 46 businesses involved in this sector. 97 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 79 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 27 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
Template:As of there were 455 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 343 or about 75.4% of the residents worked outside Schlossrued while 88 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 200 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.<ref name="ag.ch">Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 January 2010</ref> Of the working population, 7.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.6% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
Religion
From the Template:As of, 123 or 13.6% were Roman Catholic, while 661 or 73.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was one individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.<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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