Brittnau

Brittnau
Coat of arms
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Location of Brittnau
Coordinates: 47°16′N 7°57′E / 47.267°N 7.950°E / 47.267; 7.950Coordinates: 47°16′N 7°57′E / 47.267°N 7.950°E / 47.267; 7.950
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Zofingen
Area
• Total	13.69 km2 (5.29 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Highest elevation (Heidenhubel Höneten)	614 m (2,014 ft)
Lowest elevation (Eisengrubenweg)	433 m (1,421 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,859
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Postal code	4805
SFOS number	4274
Localities	Brittnau, Bergacker, Bösenwil, Bötschishalden, Fennern, Geissbach, Leidenberg, Liebigen, Mättenwil, Schulerslehn, Sennhof, Rossweid, Grod, Wilacker
Surrounded by	Murgenthal, Pfaffnau (LU), Reiden (LU), Strengelbach, Vordemwald, Wikon (LU), Zofingen
Website	www.brittnau.ch SFSO statistics

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

Brittnau is first mentioned in 924 as Pritinouva.

Brittnau has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 13.69 square kilometers (5.29 sq mi). Of this area, 7.23 km² (2.79 sq mi) or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.73 km² (1.83 sq mi) or 34.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.62 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 11.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (25 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.4% is used for growing crops and 14.5% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Zofingen district on the left side of the mid-Wigger river valley (Wiggertal). It comprises Brittnau itself and the following villages:

The municipality borders Wikon, Langnau bei Reiden, Pfaffnau, Murgenthal, Vordemwald, Strengelbach and Zofingen.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bend wavy sinister Argent and Coupeaux Vert.

Brittnau has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,859 As of June 2009^[update], 7.5% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 4.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(96.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%).