Zuzgen
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| Coordinates: 47°31′N 7°54′E / 47.517°N 7.900°ECoordinates: 47°31′N 7°54′E / 47.517°N 7.900°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Aargau | |
| District | Rheinfelden | |
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| • Total | 8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2016) | ||
| • Total | 873 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4315 | |
| SFOS number | 4264 | |
| Localities | Lohnberg, Erfleten | |
| Surrounded by | Buus (BL), Obermumpf, Mumpf, Zeiningen, Hellikon | |
| Twin towns | N/A | |
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Zuzgen (Swiss German: [ˈtsʊtsɡə]) is a municipality in the Rheinfelden District of canton Aargau in Switzerland. It is located in the West of the Fricktal region, around three kilometers southwest of the border with Germany, and has a border with Canton Basel-Landschaft.
The village lies in the mid-reaches of the Möhlin valley (Möhlintal) through which flows the Möhlinbach in a northwesterly direction towards the Rhine. The flat valley floor alongside the Möhlinbach is, on average, close to 200 meters wide and is bordered on both sides by the hills of the Tabel Jura (Tafeljura) which have very steep lower slopes leading to flat upper plateau's that are intensively farmed.
In the North the almost circular Chriesiberg (558m) is found and in the East lies the Lohnberg (581 m) with a hamlet of the same name. This flat plateau is around one kilometer wide and stretches for over four kilometers to the southwest (known as the Wabrig plateau above Hellikon and the Hersberg above Wegenstetten). The two-kilometer-long Reckental stretches to the south of the village. To the west lies a further plateau where the hamlet of Erfleten is found.
Zuzgen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.39 square kilometers (3.24 sq mi). Of this area, 4.97 km2 (1.92 sq mi) or 59.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.89 km2 (1.12 sq mi) or 34.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 33.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 29.4% is used for growing crops and 26.5% is pastures, while 3.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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