Zofingen District

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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 Template:Swiss populations (as of Template:Swiss populations date).Template:Swiss populations ref

Geography

Bezirk Zofingen has an area, Template:As of, of Template:Convert. Of this area, Template:Convert or 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while Template:Convert or 43.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, Template:Convert or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads).<ref name=zahlen/>

Demographics

Zofingen district has a population (Template:As of) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref Template:As of, 20.4% 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>

Economy

Template:As of 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.<ref>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 January 2010</ref>

Religion

From the Template:As of, 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.<ref name=zahlen>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010</ref>

Education

Of the school age population (Template:As of), 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.<ref name=zahlen/>

Municipalities

Coat of arms Municipality Population
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Aarburg Aarburg Template:Swiss populations 4.42
Bottenwil Bottenwil Template:Swiss populations 5.1
Brittnau Brittnau Template:Swiss populations 13.69
Kirchleerau Kirchleerau Template:Swiss populations 4.36
Kölliken Kölliken Template:Swiss populations 8.89
Moosleerau Moosleerau Template:Swiss populations 3.81
Murgenthal Murgenthal Template:Swiss populations 18.65
Oftringen Oftringen Template:Swiss populations 12.85
Reitnau Reitnau Template:Swiss populations 5.81
Rothrist Rothrist Template:Swiss populations 11.84
Safenwil Safenwil Template:Swiss populations 5.99
Staffelbach Staffelbach Template:Swiss populations 8.94
Strengelbach Strengelbach Template:Swiss populations 6.01
Uerkheim Uerkheim Template:Swiss populations 7.1
Vordemwald Vordemwald Template:Swiss populations 10.13
Wiliberg Wiliberg Template:Swiss populations 1.17
Zofingen Zofingen Template:Swiss populations 11.09

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:

References

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