Schlossrued

Geschichte

Schlossrued is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.GeographySchlossrued has an area, of 7.22km2. Of this area, 4.41km2 or 61.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.26km2 or 31.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.57km2 or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 16.6% is used for growing crops and 41.7% is pastures, while 2.8% 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 Azure a Tower embattled Argent roofed Gules issuant from Coupeaux Vert and in chief two Oars of the second in Saltire and between them in chief a Mullet of the sameDemographicsSchlossrued has a population of, 6.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -7.1%. Most of the population speaks German (96.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Albanian being third ( 0.6%).The age distribution, in Schlossrued is; 77 children or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 136 teenagers or 15.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 86 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 107 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 159 people or 18.2% are between 40 and 49, and 129 people or 14.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 73 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 75 people or 8.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89,and there is 1 person who is between 90 and older.