Schöftland

Geschichte

Schöftland is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.GeographySchöftland has an area, of 6.28km2. Of this area, 2.21km2 or 35.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.48km2 or 39.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.49km2 or 23.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.3% 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 12.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.2% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. 38.7% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 18.9% is used for growing crops and 15.0% is pastures, while 1.3% 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 Or a Saltire Gules.DemographicsSchöftland has a population of, 14.5% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 11.4%. Most of the population speaks German (89.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Albanian being third ( 3.0%).The age distribution, in Schöftland is; 332 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 470 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 430 people or 11.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 463 people or 12.8% are between 30 and 39, 592 people or 16.4% are between 40 and 49, and 482 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 353 people or 9.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 273 people or 7.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 184 people or 5.1% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 31 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.