Waltenschwil

Geschichte

Waltenschwil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.GeographyWaltenschwil has an area, of 4.56km2. Of this area, 2.58km2 or 56.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.95km2 or 20.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.03km2 or 22.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 19.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 45.4% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Crescent increscent between four Mullets of Five Argent one in dexter and three in sinister in pale.DemographicsWaltenschwil has a population of, 9.5% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 13.4%. Most of the population speaks German (95.7%), with Italian being second most common (0.9%) and Albanian being third (0.7%).The age distribution, in Waltenschwil is; 288 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 335 teenagers or 14.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 261 people or 10.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 313 people or 13.1% are between 30 and 39, 462 people or 19.4% are between 40 and 49, and 339 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 207 people or 8.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 130 people or 5.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 49 people or 2.1% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 2 people or 0.1% who are 90 and older.