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Aeugst am Albis

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subject_name	Aeugst am Albis
municipality_type	municipality
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imagepath_flag	CHE Aeugst am Albis Flag.svg
canton	Zurich
iso-code-region	CH-ZH
district	Affoltern
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postal_code	8914
municipality_code	0001
area	7.87
elevation	696	elevation_description=
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website	www.aeugst-albis.ch
mayor		mayor_asof=	mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities	Affoltern am Albis, Hausen am Albis, Langnau am Albis, Mettmenstetten, Rifferswil, Stallikon

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Aeugst am Albis is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Aeugst am Albis is first mentioned in 876/877 as Ousta. In 1277 it was mentioned as Oeugsten.

Geography

Aeugst am Albis has an area of 7.9 km2. Of this area, 52.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality includes the village of Aeugst, which is located on a southern terrace of the Aeugsterberg. It also includes Wengi and in the upper Reppischtal, the village of Aeugstertal.

Demographics

Aeugst am Albis has a population (as of ) of . , 9.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 17.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.2%), with English being second most common ( 1.6%) and French being third ( 0.9%).

After the 2010 elections, the SVP is no longer represented in the municipality council.

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. In Aeugst am Albis about 83.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Aeugst am Albis has an unemployment rate of 1.55%. , there were 67 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 17 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 9 businesses in this sector. 253 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 55 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1454	c. 50
1695	408
1800	573
1900	607
1950	650
2000	1,544

References

"Wahlen - Aeugst: Gemeinderegierung im ersten Anlauf komplett".
[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (2016-01-05 accessed 22-Jul-2009)
{{HDS. 1. Aeugst am Albis

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