Stein (Argovie)

Geschichte

Stein is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.The town lies across the Rhine River from Bad Säckingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Two bridges link the two city, one vehicular (Fridolinsbrücke) and the other, the Holzbrücke pedestrian bridge.The Stein-Säckingen train station is located in Stein.GeographyStein has an area, of 2.81km2. Of this area, 0.8km2 or 28.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.62km2 or 22.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1km2 or 39.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.29km2 or 10.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings comprise approximately 8.9% of the total area; housing and buildings account for 13.9% transportation infrastructure, 13.5%, parks, with green belts and sports fields making up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 19.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.9% is used for growing crops and 7.1% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.