Böbikon
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| Population | 179 (December 2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 69 /km² (178 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 2.60 km² (1 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 444 m (1,457 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 5334 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 4302 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by (view map) |
Baldingen, Lengnau, Mellikon, Rekingen, Wislikofen | |||||||||
| Website | www.boebikon.ch | |||||||||
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Böbikon is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in Canton Aargau in Switzerland. It is located just 2 km south of the border with Germany.
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[edit] Geography
Besides the main town of Böbikon, there are two villages each with about a town residents. They are Güggehü (about 500m to the north), and Rütihof (about 1 km to the south-west). The area of the municipality is 260 hectares, of which 99 are forested, and 20 are developed. The neighboring municipalities are Rekingen in the north west, Mellikon in the north, Wislikofen in the east, Lengnau in the south, and Baldingen in the west.
[edit] Population
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| Year | Population |
| 1799 | 102 |
| 1850 | 269 |
| 1900 | 178 |
| 1930 | 161 |
| 1950 | 159 |
| 1960 | 167 |
| 1970 | 144 |
| 1980 | 119 |
| 1990 | 159 |
| 2000 | 183 |
As of December 2005, the population of Böbikon was 179, of whom 6.7% were foreigners. At the time of the 2000 census, 67.2% were Roman Catholic, and 23% were Protestant. 98.9% listed German as their main language.
[edit] Resources
This article was translated from the German Wikipedia article of the same name.
[edit] External links
- Official Website of Böbikon
- Böbikon in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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