Etzgen

Etzgen
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Etzgen
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Coordinates: 47°34′N 8°7′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Laufenburg
Area
• Total	3.28 km^2 (1.27 sq mi)
Elevation	336 m (1,102 ft)
Population  (December 2006)
• Total	438
• Density	130/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	5275
SFOS number	4162
ISO 3166 code	CH-AG
Surrounded by	Albbruck (DE-BW), Laufenburg (DE-BW), Mettau, Oberhofen, Schwaderloch, Sulz
Website	www.etzgen.ch SFSO statistics

Etzgen was a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010, the municipalities of Hottwil, Etzgen, Mettau, Oberhofen AG and Wil AG merged into the municipality of Mettauertal.[1]

Aerial view (1953)

Economy

In 2000 (before the merger)^[update], there were 163 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 119 or about 73.0% of the residents worked outside Etzgen while 112 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 156 jobs (of at least six hours per week) in the municipality.[2]

References

1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 3170. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
2. Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 January 2010

External links

• Etzgen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.