Moosleerau

Moosleerau
Coat of arms
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Location of Moosleerau
Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°4′E / 47.267°N 8.067°E / 47.267; 8.067Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°4′E / 47.267°N 8.067°E / 47.267; 8.067
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Zofingen
Area
• Total	3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Elevation	509 m (1,670 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	917
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Postal code	5054
SFOS number	4277
Surrounded by	Attelwil, Kirchleerau, Reitnau, Schmiedrued, Staffelbach, Triengen (LU)
Website	www.moosleerau.ch SFSO statistics

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

Moosleerau is first mentioned in 1243 as Moslerovwa. In 1306 the high court right was held by the Habsburgs. Following the conquest of the Aargau in 1415, the high court right went to Bern. In 1803, after the Act of Mediation created the modern Canton of Aargau, Moosleerau became a municipality in the new Canton.

Moosleerau belongs to the parish of Kirchleerau.

In the 18th Century the village was in the catchment area for the textile industry in Aarau and Zofingen. Several attempts to connect the village to the Suren Valley Railway in the 19th and 20th Centuries failed. Since 1971, the Schöftland-Sursee bus line has reached the municipality. The population decline after 1850 was due to little industrialization in the Suhre River Valley. The population remained stable until World War II when it began to increase.

Moosleerau has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.81 square kilometers (1.47 sq mi). Of this area, 2.31 km² (0.89 sq mi) or 60.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.07 km² (0.41 sq mi) or 28.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.46 km² (0.18 sq mi) or 12.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, 26.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.5% is used for growing crops and 17.1% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.