Hellikon

Hellikon
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Location of Hellikon
Coordinates: 47°31′N 7°56′E / 47.517°N 7.933°E / 47.517; 7.933Coordinates: 47°31′N 7°56′E / 47.517°N 7.933°E / 47.517; 7.933
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Rheinfelden
Area
• Total	7.05 km2 (2.72 sq mi)
Elevation	423 m (1,388 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	803
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Postal code	4316
SFOS number	4251
Localities	Unterdorf, Oberdorf
Surrounded by	Hemiken (BL), Buus (BL), Zuzgen, Obermumpf, Schupfahrt, Weggenstetten
Twin towns	N/A
Website	www.hellikon.ch SFSO statistics

Hellikon (Alemannic German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlːikχə]) is a municipality in the Rheinfelden district of canton Aargau in Switzerland. It is located in the West of the Fricktal region, around four kilometers Southwest of the border with Germany and has a border with Canton Basel-Landschaft.

The village lies in the upper reaches of the Möhlin valley (Möhlintal) through which flows the Möhlinbach in a Northwesterly direction towards the Rhine. There are two parts to the village: The lower village (Unterdorf) lies parallel to the Möhlinbach for over one kilometer; The upper village (Oberdorf) lies on the West side of the valley. The flat valley floor alongside the Möhlinbach is, on average, close to 200 meters wide but widens to almost 400 meters when joined by feeder streams. The village is bordered on both sides by the hills of the Tabel Jura (Tafeljura) which have very steep lower slopes leading to flat upper plateau's that are intensively farmed.

To the east of the village rises the Wabrig plateau which is over one kilometer wide and stretches for more than four kilometers between the Lohnberg plateau (above Zuzgen) and the Hersberg (above Wegenstetten). A deeply cut side valley runs in a Westerly direction from the village, separating the Northern Neulig plateau from the Southern Egg plateau.

Hellikon has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.05 square kilometers (2.72 sq mi). Of this area, 4.29 km² (1.66 sq mi) or 60.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.3 km² (0.89 sq mi) or 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.46 km² (0.18 sq mi) or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads).