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Schwaderloch
Schwaderloch
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schwaderloch
	Schwaderloch Schwaderloch
	Coordinates: 47°35′N 8°9′E / 47.583°N 8.150°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Laufenburg
Area
• Total	2.77 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Elevation	321 m (1,053 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	672
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	5326
SFOS number	4176
ISO 3166 code	CH-AG
Surrounded by	Albbruck (DE-BW), Dogern (DE-BW), Etzgen, Leibstadt, Mettau, Wil
Website	schwaderloch.ch ; SFSO statistics

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

Geography

Schwaderloch has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.78 square kilometers (1.07 sq mi). Of this area, 1 km² (0.39 sq mi) or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.17 km² (0.45 sq mi) or 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 11.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.29 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 10.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.^[3]

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 40.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.8% is used for growing crops and 5.8% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.^[3]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or Flames Gules issuant from Coupeaux Vert.^[4]

Demographics

Schwaderloch has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 689.^[5] As of June 2009^[update], 14.5% of the population are foreign nationals.^[6] Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 3.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (92.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.9%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).^[7]

The age distribution, as of 2008^[update], in Schwaderloch is; 65 children or 9.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 90 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 66 people or 9.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 80 people or 12.0% are between 30 and 39, 133 people or 20.0% are between 40 and 49, and 98 people or 14.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 67 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 37 people or 5.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 24 people or 3.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.^[8]

As of 2000^[update], there were 15 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 105 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 125 homes with 5 or more persons in the household.^[9] As of 2000^[update], there were 254 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.^[7] In 2008^[update] there were 162 single family homes (or 55.9% of the total) out of a total of 290 homes and apartments.^[10] There were a total of 9 empty apartments for a 3.1% vacancy rate.^[10] As of 2007^[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 1.5 new units per 1000 residents.^[7]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (14.2%), the SP (11.3%) and the FDP (7.9%).^[7]

In Schwaderloch about 68.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).^[7] Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year^[update]), there are 56 students attending primary school in the municipality.^[9]

The historical population is given in the following table:^[8]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1975	489	—
1980	464	−5.1%
1990	522	+12.5%
2000	670	+28.4%

Heritage sites of national significance

The Oberes Bürgli and Unteres Bürgli, two late-Roman era Rhine river watchtowers are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.^[11]

Economy

As of 2007^[update], Schwaderloch had an unemployment rate of 1.3%. As of 2005^[update], there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 96 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 56 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 14 businesses in this sector.^[7]

In 2000^[update] there were 326 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 247 or about 75.8% of the residents worked outside Schwaderloch while 65 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 144 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.^[12] Of the working population, 9.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.8% used a private car.^[7]

Religion

From the 2000 census^[update], 407 or 62.1% were Roman Catholic, while 136 or 20.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.^[9]