Rüfenach

Rüfenach
Coat of arms
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Location of Rüfenach
Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°13′E / 47.517°N 8.217°E / 47.517; 8.217Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°13′E / 47.517°N 8.217°E / 47.517; 8.217
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Brugg
Area
• Total	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	866
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Postal code	5235
SFOS number	4112
Localities	Rüfenach, Hinterrein, Vorderrein
Surrounded by	Brugg, Remigen, Riniken, Villigen
Website	www.ruefenach.ch SFSO statistics

Rüfenach is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

The municipality lies at the foot of the Bruggerberg and the Reinerberg, the southeast foothills of the Jura Mountains.

It consists of three villages, Rüfenach, Hinterrein, and Vorderrein. The latter two were part of an independent municipality called Rein until 1898.. Rüfenach lies furthest west in the middle of a flat plain. Hinterrein is slightly higher and lies in the middle. Vorderrein is to the east on a marked hill. The east side of this hill falls sharply to the Aare. The difference in altitude is about 70 m (230 ft).

Rüfenach has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.17 square kilometers (1.61 sq mi). Of this area, 1.98 square kilometers (0.76 sq mi) or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.7 square kilometers (0.66 sq mi) or 40.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48 square kilometers (0.19 sq mi) or 11.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.8%. 40.0% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 35.7% is used for growing crops and 8.2% is pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The highest point, the Reinerberg, lies at 522 m (1,713 ft) in altitude, and the lowest in Vorderrein on the Aare at 325 m (1,066 ft).

Neighboring municipalities are Villigen to the north and northeast, Brugg to the southeast, Riniken to the southwest, and Remigen to the northwest.

Since the 8th century, Rein was the center of a court, that belonged to the cloister of Murbach in Alsace. It also included Rüfenach, Lauffohr, Remigen, Stilli, and Villigen. Rüfenach is first mentioned around 1227-34 as Rufinach.