Laufenburg

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Laufenburg

Total population

3,620

Air quality index

63Moderate

Coordinates47.56°, 8.06°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Laufenburg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the seat of the district of the same name. On 1 January 2010 the municipality Sulz merged into Laufenburg.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

August Erne

cyclist (1905-1987)

Beny Rehmann

Swiss musician (1936-2014)

W

Wolfgang Burger

German crime writer and former longtime research engineer (Dr.Ing.)

J

Johann Albiez

H

Hans Vogt

German politician (born 1951)

H

Hanss Scheffer

Herbert Tröndle

German judge and author (1919–2017)

H

Hermann Durst

German politician (1905-1957)

J

Jakob Ebner

German catholic priest (1873-1960)

Sepp Bögle

German artist

A

Anton Sickinger

German educationist (1858–1930)

Josua Leander Gampp

German university professor (1889-1969)

L

Leopold Mutter

W

Werner Winter

(1924-2001)

Gustav Adolf Müller

German writer (1866-1928)

Fridolin Pflüger

German priest

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Aargau

• Rheinsulz
  1.5 mi away
• Kaisten
  1.7 mi away · pop. 2,649
• Ittenthal
  2.9 mi away · pop. 236
• Mettau
  3.1 mi away · pop. 301
• Sisseln
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,585
• Oberhofen
  3.4 mi away · pop. 282
• Oeschgen
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,013
• Gansingen
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,030
• Elfingen
  4.1 mi away · pop. 293
• Hornussen
  4.1 mi away · pop. 936
• Schwaderloch
  4.3 mi away · pop. 662
• Münchwilen
  4.8 mi away · pop. 936

Browse all places in Aargau →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Laufenburg

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Leather Beetle

Carabus coriaceus

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Seen 2026-09-23

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Seen 2026-09-23

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Seen 2026-09-23

Gadwall

Mareca strepera

Seen 2026-09-23

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

Seen 2026-09-23

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers