Bergdietikon

Bergdietikon
Coat of arms
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Location of Bergdietikon
Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°23′E / 47.383°N 8.383°E / 47.383; 8.383Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°23′E / 47.383°N 8.383°E / 47.383; 8.383
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Baden
Area
• Total	5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Elevation	581 m (1,906 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,682
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Postal code	8962
SFOS number	4023
Surrounded by	Bellikon, Dietikon (ZH), Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg, Spreitenbach, Urdorf (ZH), Widen
Website	www.bergdietikon.ch SFSO statistics

Bergdietikon is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal)

Bergdietikon was originally part of the municipality of Dietikon in the Swiss County of Baden and was part of the short lived Canton of Baden. Following the Act of Mediation in 1803, the Canton of Baden was dismantled and the municipality of Dietikon was split. The mountain settlements in the west became the Berggemeinde Dietikon (Mountain municipality of Dietikon) until 1840 when it was renamed Bergdietikon. While Dietikon went to the Canton of Zurich, Bergdietikon went to Aargau. The creation of a municipality without any historic roots together and with a scattered geography meant that it took quite a while for any municipal center to appear.

Bergdietikon has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 6 km² (2.3 sq mi). Of this area, 54.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 16.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The municipality is located in the Baden district on the southwest slope of the Heitersberg. It consists of the farm settlements of Baltenswil, Schönenberg, Herrenberg, Bernold, Kindhausen and Gwinden.

Egelsee is situated in the municipality.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent an Oak Tree Vert eradicated and Coupeaux of the same.

Bergdietikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,682. As of 2008^[update], 13.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (93.4%), with French being second most common ( 1.3%) and Italian being third ( 1.3%).