Waltenschwil

Waltenschwil
Coat of arms
Waltenschwil
Location of Waltenschwil
Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°18′E / 47.333°N 8.300°E / 47.333; 8.300Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°18′E / 47.333°N 8.300°E / 47.333; 8.300
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Muri
Area
• Total	4.56 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Elevation	427 m (1,401 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,762
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Postal code	5622
SFOS number	4240
Surrounded by	Boswil, Bremgarten, Bünzen, Büttikon, Hermetschwil-Staffeln, Kallern, Uezwil, Wohlen
Website	www.waltenschwil.ch SFSO statistics

Waltenschwil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Waltenschwil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.56 square kilometers (1.76 sq mi). Of this area, 2.58 km² (1.00 sq mi) or 56.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.95 km² (0.37 sq mi) or 20.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.03 km² (0.40 sq mi) or 22.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 19.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 45.4% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Crescent increscent between four Mullets of Five Argent one in dexter and three in sinister in pale.

Waltenschwil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,762 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 13.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.7%), with Italian being second most common (0.9%) and Albanian being third (0.7%).