Rheinfelden

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

Overview

Rheinfelden is a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden. It is located 15 kilometres east of Basel. The name means the fields of the Rhine, as the town is located on the High Rhine. It is home to Feldschlösschen, the most popular beer in Switzerland. The city is across the river from Rheinfelden in Baden-Württemberg; the two cities were joined until Napoleon Bonaparte fixed the Germany–Switzerland border on the Rhine in 1802 and are still socially and economically tied.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Marc Surer

Swiss racing driver

Oliver Kamber

Swiss ice hockey player

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Adelheid Duvanel

Swiss writer (1936–1996)

Andreas Merian-Iselin

Swiss politician (1742-1811)

Hubert Schwab

road bicycle racer

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Arthur Seckendorff-Gudent

Swiss professor (1845-1886)

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Bo Katzman

Swiss musician

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Carl Tanner

Swiss politician (1888-1962)

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Johannes Meyer

Swiss politician (1801-1877)

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Ernst Löliger

Swiss politician (1911-1984)

Gustav Adolf Rebmann

Swiss politician (1845-1920)

Heinrich Handschin

Swiss entrepreneur (1830-1894)

Hieronymus Falkeisen

Swiss theologian (1758-1838)

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Jakob Christen

Swiss politician (1825-1914)

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Johannes Rebmann

Swiss politician (1812-1890)

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Jörg Stohler

Swiss footballer

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

Nearby places in Aargau

• Magden
  2 mi away · pop. 3,934
• Olsberg
  2.3 mi away · pop. 359
• Möhlin
  2.4 mi away · pop. 11,006
• Zuzgen
  5.4 mi away · pop. 886
• Mumpf
  6 mi away · pop. 1,431
• Hellikon
  6.9 mi away · pop. 788
• Obermumpf
  7 mi away · pop. 1,040
• Wegenstetten
  7.6 mi away · pop. 1,075
• Münchwilen
  8 mi away · pop. 936
• Schupfart
  8.5 mi away · pop. 825
• Sisseln
  9.2 mi away · pop. 1,585
• Wittnau
  9.9 mi away · pop. 1,320

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 Rheinfelden

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-24

Tettigometra virescens

Tettigometra virescens

Seen 2026-09-24

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-09-24

Sun spurge

Euphorbia helioscopia

Seen 2026-09-24

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-09-24

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-24

white willow

Salix alba

Seen 2026-09-24

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

Official Identifiers