Seengen

Coat of arms

Seengen

Location of Seengen

Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°13′E / 47.333°N 8.217°ECoordinates: 47°20′N 8°13′E / 47.333°N 8.217°E

Country

Area

• Total

9.69 km² (3.74 sq mi)

Elevation

471 m (1,545 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

3,787

• Density

390/km² (1,000/sq mi)

Postal code

5707

SFOS number

4208

Surrounded by

Birrwil, Boniswil, Dintikon, Egliswil, Hallwil, Hilfikon, Meisterschwanden, Sarmenstorf, Seon, Villmergen

Website

www.seengen.ch
SFSO statistics

Seengen is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Seengen lies in the Seetal valley to the north of Lake Hallwil.

The municipality has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 9.69 square kilometers (3.74 sq mi). Of this area, 4.97 km² (1.92 sq mi) or 51.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.13 km² (1.21 sq mi) or 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.33 km² (0.51 sq mi) or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.18 km² (0.069 sq mi) or 1.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.6% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures, while 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 1.7% is unproductive vegetation.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent an Eagle displayed Sable beaked, langued and membered Gules.

Seengen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,787 As of June 2009^[update], 8.4% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 31.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (93.9%), with French being second most common ( 1.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).

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