Vordemwald

Vordemwald
Coat of arms
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Location of Vordemwald
Coordinates: 47°17′N 7°54′E / 47.283°N 7.900°E / 47.283; 7.900Coordinates: 47°17′N 7°54′E / 47.283°N 7.900°E / 47.283; 7.900
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Zofingen
Area
• Total	10.13 km2 (3.91 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,909
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Postal code	4803
SFOS number	4287
Surrounded by	Brittnau, Murgenthal, Rothrist, Strengelbach
Website	www.vordemwald.ch SFSO statistics

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

Vordemwald has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 10.13 square kilometers (3.91 sq mi). Of this area, 3.52 km² (1.36 sq mi) or 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.88 km² (2.27 sq mi) or 58.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.73 km² (0.28 sq mi) or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 56.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.5% is used for growing crops and 10.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Pine Tree eradicated Vert ensigned in base with a letter V Gules. This is an example of canting with the letter V placed before the pine-tree (German: Vor dem Wald meaning "before the forest")

Vordemwald has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,909 As of June 2009^[update], 3.3% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 0.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(96.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.4%).