Tegerfelden

Geschichte

Tegerfelden is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.GeographyLocated in the Surb river valley, Tegerfelden has an area, of 7.11km2. Of this area, 3.66km2 or 51.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.63km2 or 37.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71km2 or 10.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06km2 or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.9% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures, while 6.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure Border compony Gules and Argent an Eagle displayed of the last.DemographicsTegerfelden has a population of, 44.8% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.9%. Most of the population speaks German(96.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 0.4%).