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Fahrwangen
Aargauvillage
Fahrwangen
Total population
1,653
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Overview
Fahrwangen is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
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History
Prehistorical finds from various Neolithic eras, Roman and Alamanni ruins all testify to a long history of human habitation around Fahrwangen. The modern municipality of Fahrwangen is first mentioned in 924 as Farnowanch. Since 1920 it has had a district school. Religiously, it was originally part of the parish of Sarmenstorf, and between 1531 and 1817 it was in the parish of Seengen. After 1817 it became its own Reformed parish, which included Meisterschwanden. Economically, until the 18th century, it was a farming village. Agriculture was partly replaced in the 18th century by cotton weaving, and in the 19th century by straw plaiting both at home and in factories. In the 20th century other industries moved into the village. Continuously, since the early 20th century, a high proportion of the population is employed in industry (1920–70 over 60%, 2000 58%). Since 1980 more workers commute out of Fahrwangen than commute in for jobs.
Geography
Fahrwangen lies on the southern edge of the district of Lenzburg, in the Seetal valley east of the Hallwilersee. It borders the canton of Luzern. It is located at the western foot of the Lindenberg mountain in a depression above the Hallwilersee. It consists of the irregular, unplanned, and quite closely packed village of Fahrwangen, built around a central square. Fahrwangen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 42.4% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.
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Nearby places in Aargau
- Meisterschwanden0.6 mi away · pop. 2,940
- Bettwil1.2 mi away · pop. 576
- Birrwil2.1 mi away · pop. 960
- Seengen2.6 mi away · pop. 3,955
- Kallern3 mi away · pop. 264
- Leutwil3.4 mi away · pop. 755
- Boswil3.4 mi away · pop. 2,500
- Leimbach AG3.7 mi away · pop. 533
- Buttwil3.8 mi away · pop. 1,105
- Reinach3.9 mi away · pop. 7,258
- Waltenschwil4 mi away · pop. 2,029
- Wohlen AG4.2 mi away · pop. 17,481
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 4196
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,136
- Wikidata
- Q64982
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771