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Killwangen
Aargauvillage
Killwangen
Total population
2,075
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Killwangen is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
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History
The town was first known as Chullewangen as early as 1227. The name is alemannish in origin. For nearly 600 years, Killwangen was dependent on the monastery in nearby Wettingen. In 1798, Napoleon's troops came through Switzerland and the Helvetic Republic was born. Killwangen was part of the Canton of Baden which enjoyed a short history as a separate Canton, being absorbed by the new Canton of Aargau in 1803. On 7 August 1847, the first railway line in Switzerland opened between Baden and Zurich. On 1 February 1848, the town received its own railways station on the pioneer line.
Geography
Killwangen has an area, , of . Of this area, 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The town lies in the Limmat valley between Baden and Zürich. Killwangen lies on the south side of the Limmat river, within easy walking distance of the Heitersberg. Elevation of the Limmat at Killwangen is a.s.l. The highest point in Killwangen is the Sennenberg ridge at . Neighboring towns are Würenlos to the North, Spreitenbach to the east, Neuenhof to the West and Oberrohrdorf to the south.
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Geography
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Aargau
- Oberrohrdorf1.8 mi away · pop. 4,124
- Niederrohrdorf2.2 mi away · pop. 4,035
- Wettingen2.6 mi away · pop. 21,000
- Bellikon2.9 mi away · pop. 1,550
- Bergdietikon3.3 mi away · pop. 2,830
- Ennetbaden3.7 mi away · pop. 3,511
- Tägerig3.9 mi away · pop. 1,193
- Nesselnbach4.1 mi away
- Hertenstein4.3 mi away
- Eggenwil4.3 mi away · pop. 669
- Büblikon4.4 mi away
- Ehrendingen4.4 mi away · pop. 4,847
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 4030
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,074
- Wikidata
- Q64547
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • 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