Schinznach-Dorf

Geschichte

Schinznach-Dorf is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Schinznach-Dorf and Oberflachs merged into the new municipality of Schinznach.GeographyBefore the merger, Schinznach-Dorf had a total area of 8.8km2. Of this area, 3.28km2 or 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.07km2 or 46.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.19km2 or 13.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.29km2 or 3.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area 44.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.7% is used for growing crops and 10.6% is pastures, while 6.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Sable a Crescent decrescent Or and Azure three Mullets Argent in pale.DemographicsSchinznach-Dorf had a population of 1,735., 13.3% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has changed at a rate of -0.4%. Most of the population speaks German, with Spanish being second most common and Albanian being third .