Uerkheim

Coat of arms

Uerkheim

Location of Uerkheim

Coordinates: 47°18′N 8°2′E / 47.300°N 8.033°ECoordinates: 47°18′N 8°2′E / 47.300°N 8.033°E

Country

Area

• Total

7.1 km² (2.7 sq mi)

Elevation

455 m (1,493 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,361

• Density

190/km² (500/sq mi)

Postal code

4813

SFOS number

4286

Surrounded by

Bottenwil, Holziken, Kölliken, Safenwil, Schöftland, Staffelbach, Zofingen

Website

www.uerkheim.ch
SFSO statistics

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

Uerkheim has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.1 square kilometers (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 3.41 km² (1.32 sq mi) or 48.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.86 km² (1.10 sq mi) or 40.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. Out of the forested land, 36.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.4% is used for growing crops and 32.8% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality of Uerkheim is considering a merger on 1 January 2014 into Zofingen.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bar Gules between two Mullets of Five Or.

Uerkheim has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,361 As of June 2009^[update], 9.5% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -2.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(95.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.3%) and French being third ( 0.9%).

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