Seengen

Geschichte

Seengen is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.GeographySeengen lies in the Seetal valley to the north of Lake Hallwil.The municipality has an area, of 9.69km2. Of this area, 4.97km2 or 51.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.13km2 or 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.33km2 or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.18km2 or 1.9% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.6% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures, while 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 1.7% is unproductive vegetation.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent an Eagle displayed Sable beaked, langued and membered Gules.DemographicsSeengen has a population of, 8.4% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 31.4%. Most of the population speaks German (93.9%), with French being second most common ( 1.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).The age distribution, in Seengen is; 382 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 435 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 357 people or 10.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 415 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 610 people or 18.6% are between 40 and 49, and 466 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 333 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 161 people or 4.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 107 people or 3.3% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 12 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.