Staffelbach

Coat of arms

Staffelbach

Location of Staffelbach

Coordinates: 47°17′N 8°3′E / 47.283°N 8.050°ECoordinates: 47°17′N 8°3′E / 47.283°N 8.050°E

Country

Area

• Total

8.94 km² (3.45 sq mi)

Elevation

488 m (1,601 ft)

Population (Dec 2016)

• Total

1,109

• Density

120/km² (320/sq mi)

Postal code

5053

SFOS number

4284

Surrounded by

Attelwil, Bottenwil, Kirchleerau, Moosleerau, Schlossrued, Schöftland, Uerkheim, Wiliberg

Website

www.staffelbach-ag.ch
SFSO statistics

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

Staffelbach has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 8.94 square kilometers (3.45 sq mi). Of this area, 4.77 km² (1.84 sq mi) or 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.5 km² (1.4 sq mi) or 39.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.63 km² (0.24 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 37.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 31.2% is used for growing crops and 20.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Bridge Argent masoned above two barrulets wavy in base and in chief a Mullet of the same.

Staffelbach has a population (as of December 2016^[update]) of 1,109 As of June 2009^[update], 6.6% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(96.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).

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