Uezwil

For the similarly named St. Gallen municipality, see Uzwil.
Uezwil

Coat of arms
Uezwil
Coordinates: 47°19′N 8°17′E / 47.317°N 8.283°ECoordinates: 47°19′N 8°17′E / 47.317°N 8.283°E
Country Switzerland
Canton Aargau
District Bremgarten
Government
 • Mayor Peter Koch
Area[1]
 • Total 2.44 km2 (0.94 sq mi)
Elevation 532 m (1,745 ft)
Population (Dec 2013[2])
 • Total 417
 • Density 170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal code 5619
SFOS number 4078
Surrounded by Büttikon, Waltenschwil, Kallern, Sarmenstorf
Website www.uezwil.ch
SFSO statistics

Uezwil is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History

In 1936, a 4,500 year old megalith dating from the Neolithic Age was discovered. Roman finds point to human habitation in the area during the classical period. Around 500, a settlement of Alamanni developed in the area. A village of this name was first documented in 1306 in a Habsburg land deed.[3]

Geography

Uezwil has an area, as of 2006, of 2.4 square kilometers (0.93 sq mi). Of this area, 65.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.8%) is settled.[4]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Or three Arrows Gules in pale fesswise issuant and Azure.[5]

Demographics

Uezwil has a population (as of 31 December 2013) of 417.[2] As of 2008, 8.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[6] Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 13.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.5%), with English being second most common ( 0.8%) and French being third ( 0.6%).[4]

The age distribution, as of 2008, in Uezwil is; 51 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 48 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 41 people or 10.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 58 people or 14.1% are between 30 and 39, 85 people or 20.6% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 13.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 45 people or 10.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 21 people or 5.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 6 people or 1.5% who are between 80 and 89,and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.[7]

 As of 2000, there were 7 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 39 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 78 homes with 5 or more persons in the household.  The average number of people per household was 2.72 individuals.[8]  In 2008 there were 105 single family homes (or 64.8% of the total) out of a total of 162 homes and apartments.[9]  There were a total of 0 empty apartments for a 0.0% vacancy rate.[9]  As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 7.9 new units per 1000 residents.[4]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (13.1%), the CVP (13%) and the FDP (9%).[4]

In Uezwil about 78% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[4] Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year), there are 28 students attending primary school in the municipality.[8]

The historical population is given in the following table:[7]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1975 300—    
1980 293−2.3%
1990 335+14.3%
2000 364+8.7%

Economy

As of 2007, Uezwil had an unemployment rate of 1.13%. As of 2005, there were 58 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 11 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.[4]

As of 2000 there was a total of 199 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 156 or about 78.4% of the residents worked outside Uezwil while 13 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 56 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.[10] Of the working population, 3.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.7% used a private car.[4]

Religion

From the 2000 census, 233 or 64.5% were Roman Catholic, while 77 or 21.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 18 August 2014
  3. ↑ Municipality of Uezwil website-History (German) accessed 2 March 2010
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 March 2010
  5. ↑ Flags of the World.com accessed 2 March 2010
  6. ↑ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv) (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistical Department of Canton Aargau (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  10. ↑ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen (German) accessed 21 January 2010
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