Zeihen

Zeihen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Zeihen
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Coordinates: 47°29′N 8°5′E / 47.483°N 8.083°E / 47.483; 8.083
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Laufenburg
Area [1]
• Total	6.87 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Elevation	445 m (1,460 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	1,171
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	5079
SFOS number	4183
ISO 3166 code	CH-AG
Surrounded by	Bözen, Densbüren, Effingen, Herznach, Hornussen, Linn, Schinznach-Dorf, Thalheim, Ueken
Website	www.zeihen.ch SFSO statistics

Zeihen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Zeihen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 6.88 square kilometers (2.66 sq mi). Of this area, 3.5 km² (1.4 sq mi) or 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi) or 40.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi) or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.^[3]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 37.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.5% is used for growing crops and 24.4% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.^[3]

The municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen, Hornussen and Zeihen are considering a merger some time in the future into a new municipality with an as yet (as of 2010^[update]) undetermined name.^[4]

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert a Pale counter-compony Sable and Or between two Ears of Wheat of the last.^[5]

Zeihen has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 1,170.^[6] As of June 2009^[update], 8.5% of the population are foreign nationals.^[7] Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (92.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).^[8]

The age distribution, as of 2008^[update], in Zeihen is; 99 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 164 teenagers or 17.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 82 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 114 people or 11.8% are between 30 and 39, 205 people or 21.2% are between 40 and 49, and 130 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 90 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 44 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 34 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.^[9]

As of 2000^[update], there were 36 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 111 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 148 homes with 5 or more persons in the household.^[10] As of 2000^[update], there were 301 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.^[8] In 2008^[update] there were 205 single family homes (or 52.8% of the total) out of a total of 388 homes and apartments.^[11] There were a total of 0 empty apartments for a 0.0% vacancy rate.^[11] As of 2007^[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 9.5 new units per 1000 residents.^[8]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (17.5%), the Green Party (10.3%) and the SP (10.1%).^[8]

In Zeihen about 76% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).^[8] Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year^[update]), there are 73 students attending primary school, there are 47 students attending secondary school in the municipality.^[10]

The historical population is given in the following table:^[9]

The village of Oberzeihen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.^[12]

As of  2007^[update], Zeihen had an unemployment rate of 1.9%. As of 2005^[update], there were 70 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 44 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 94 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 30 businesses in this sector.^[8]

In 2000^[update] there were 427 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 312 or about 73.1% of the residents worked outside Zeihen while 63 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 178 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.^[13] Of the working population, 16.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.7% used a private car.^[8]

From the 2000 census^[update], 539 or 62.5% were Roman Catholic, while 175 or 20.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.^[10]