Sisseln

Sisseln
Coat of arms
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Location of Sisseln
Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°59′E / 47.550°N 7.983°E / 47.550; 7.983Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°59′E / 47.550°N 7.983°E / 47.550; 7.983
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Laufenburg
Area
• Total	2.52 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Elevation	295 m (968 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,551
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Postal code	4334
SFOS number	4177
Surrounded by	Bad Säckingen (DE-BW), Eiken, Kaisten, Münchwilen, Murg (DE-BW), Stein
Website	www.sisseln.ch SFSO statistics

Sisseln is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Sisseln has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.52 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi). Of this area, 0.82 km² (0.32 sq mi) or 32.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.5 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 19.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.89 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 35.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.38 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 15.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 9.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 5.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 13.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.4% is used for growing crops and 4.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert a Bend sinister wavy Argent and from it issuant towards base a Bendlet wavy and in chief a Trident of the same in bend downwards. The two wavy bars represent the Rhine River (the larger one) and the Sissle River (the smaller one)."

Sisseln has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,551 As of June 2009^[update], 17.0% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 10.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (91.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.4%) and French being third ( 0.9%).