What is the population of Murgenthal, Aargau?

Murgenthal has a population of approximately 2,911 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Murgenthal, Aargau located?

Murgenthal is located in Aargau, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 47.2628°, 7.8319°.

Terralocate

Browse / Switzerland / Aargau / Murgenthal

Murgenthal

Aargauvillage

Featured view

Murgenthal

Total population

2,911

Elevation410 m

Land area18.61 km²

Coordinates47.26°, 7.83°

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

Loading additional data from public sources…0 / 11

CensusWikipediaWeatherPlacesPeopleEnvironmentHealth & SchoolsRelatedGeography & CultureLive MonitoringEvents & Gallery

City facts

Elevation

410 m

Area

18.61 km²

Official website

www.murgenthal.ch

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Murgenthal is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History & geography

History

Murgenthal is first mentioned in 1255 as Murgatun. Under Bernese rule the villagers were part of the Wynau and Roggwil parishes. In 1817 a new parish was established and in 1901 its name was changed to the Riken Murgenthal parish. The romanesque revival parish church was built in 1852–54 in Glashütten. However, it was replaced in 1964 by a new building. In 1857, a railway station on the Olten-Bern line was built in Murgenthal. The wooden bridge was built over the Aare river to Fulenbach in 1863. With the railroad and access to the Rotkanal, several factories were built in Murgenthal. In 1856 the Grossmann (later Künzli & Co.) weaving factory opened. In 1881 Arnold Künzli founded the knitting factory of His & Cie, which operated until 1976 in Murgenthal. Additionally, a wicker and wood products factory opened in 1894. The village continued to develop due to the railway and factories. In 1920, about 63% of the working population worked in manufacturing. By 2005 that number had dropped to only 28%. The number of jobs in the municipality has dropped to about half of the peak number in 1950 (1,485 jobs) due to factory closings. The first village school was held in the 17th century. School houses were built in 1825 in Glashütten, 1826 in Balzenwil, 1842 in Riken and 1883 in Murgenthal.

Geography

Murgenthal has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 62.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, 61.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.3% is used for growing crops and 7.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Zofingen district, at the confluence of the Murg river into the Aare river. It is on the border between the Canton of Aargau and the Canton of Bern. It consists of the village of Murgenthal and the hamlets of Walliswil, Balzenwil, Glashütten and Riken.

Read full article on Wikipedia

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Latitude

47.2628

Longitude

7.8319

Water area

—

View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Swiss naturalist (1855-1914)

Barbara Balzan

Swiss songwriter

Friedrich Schneeberger

Swiss composer, voice teacher and music publisher (1843-1906)

Jacob Wothly

German painter (1823-1873)

Paul Haupt

Swiss politician and publisher (1889–1978)

Rudolf Rickenbacher

Swiss military pilot (1915-1940)

Ursula Mauch

Swiss politician

Hans Widmer

Swiss engineer and manager

Johannes Trosch

(1767-1824)

Jakob Zimmerli

Swiss politician (1863-1940)

Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser

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

Nearby places in Aargau

Browse all places in Aargau →

Geography & sun

Elevation

1,476 ft (450 m)

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

3.43

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,254

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

Avg daily Wikipedia views

Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr: 4279
Population (Wikidata): 2,912
Wikidata: Q64478

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata
• Open-Elevation
• 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