Wegenstetten

Geschichte

Wegenstetten is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.GeographyWegenstetten has an area, of 7.13km2. Of this area, 4.11km2 or 57.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.39km2 or 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59km2 or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 30.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.9% is used for growing crops and 28.3% is pastures, while 2.4% 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 Gules a Wall fesswise embattled and with loopholes Sable.DemographicsWegenstetten has a population of, 7.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 6.2%. Most of the population speaks German(95.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.5%) and Albanian being third ( 1.2%).The age distribution, in Wegenstetten is; 116 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 146 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 129 people or 11.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 124 people or 11.3% are between 30 and 39, 176 people or 16.1% are between 40 and 49, and 158 people or 14.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 123 people or 11.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 72 people or 6.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 41 people or 3.7% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 9 people or 0.8% who are 90 and older.