Zeiningen

Zeiningen village

Coat of arms

Zeiningen

Location of Zeiningen

Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°52′E / 47.550°N 7.867°ECoordinates: 47°33′N 7°52′E / 47.550°N 7.867°E

Country

Area

• Total

11.37 km² (4.39 sq mi)

Elevation

342 m (1,122 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,277

• Density

200/km² (520/sq mi)

Postal code

4314

SFOS number

4263

Surrounded by

Buus (BL), Maisprach (BL), Möhlin, Mumpf, Wallbach, Zuzgen

Website

www.zeiningen.ch
SFSO statistics

Zeiningen is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Zeiningen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 11.37 square kilometers (4.39 sq mi). Of this area, 4.99 km² (1.93 sq mi) or 43.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.02 km² (1.94 sq mi) or 44.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.35 km² (0.52 sq mi) or 11.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 42.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.7% is used for growing crops and 13.2% is pastures, while 4.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Ägelsee is a small lake and nature preserve located in the municipality.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Vine-tree Vert fructed Azure staked proper issuant from Coupeaux of the second.

Zeiningen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,277 As of June 2009^[update], 10.6% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 23.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(94.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.5%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).

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