Attelwil

Attelwil
Coat of arms
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Location of Attelwil
Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°3′E / 47.267°N 8.050°E / 47.267; 8.050Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°3′E / 47.267°N 8.050°E / 47.267; 8.050
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Zofingen
Area
• Total	2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Elevation	501 m (1,644 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	282
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Postal code	5056
SFOS number	4272
Surrounded by	Moosleerau, Reitnau, Staffelbach, Wiliberg
Website	www.attelwil.ch SFSO statistics

Attelwil is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Attelwil is first mentioned in 1306 as Attelwile.

Attelwil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.22 square kilometers (0.86 sq mi). Of this area, 1.15 km² (0.44 sq mi) or 51.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.76 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 34.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.29 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 32.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.5% is used for growing crops and 12.6% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Zofingen district, on the left side of the upper Suhre river valley (Suhrental). It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Attelwil.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or an Eagle displayed Sable membered Gules.

Attelwil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 282 As of June 2009^[update], 1.1% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -1.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(98.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and English being third ( 0.3%).