Staufen

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Staufen

Total population

3,235

Coordinates47.38°, 8.17°

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

Overview

Staufen is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Geography

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

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

Silvan Widmer

Swiss association football player (born 1993)

Hans Herzog

Swiss general (1819–1894)

Emil Hassler

Swiss physician, ethnographer, naturalist and botanist (1864-1937)

Paul Hubschmid

Swiss actor (1917–2001)

Lukas Reimann

Swiss politician

Marcel Rohner

Swiss banker

Silvia Schenker

Swiss politician

R

Robert Buser

Swiss botanist (1857-1931)

R

Robert Nünlist

Swiss military 28th commander of the Swiss Guard (1911-1991)

Robert Käslin

Swiss jurist and lawyer (1871-1934)

Alex Hürzeler

Swiss politician

Eugen Bircher

Swiss politician and general (1882-1956)

H

Hansjörg Schneider

Swiss writer and actor (born 1938)

Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler

Swiss-American mathematician and surveyor (1770-1843)

Urs Hofmann

Swiss politician

O

Otto Hunziker

Swiss politician (1879-1940)

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

Nearby places in Aargau

• Lenzburg
  0.9 mi away · pop. 10,179
• Niederlenz
  1.6 mi away · pop. 4,754
• Ammerswil
  2 mi away · pop. 673
• Egliswil
  2.3 mi away · pop. 1,408
• Wildegg
  2.4 mi away
• Hendschiken
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,220
• Möriken AG
  2.6 mi away
• Othmarsingen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,782
• Auenstein
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,574
• Dintikon
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,307
• Gränichen
  3.5 mi away · pop. 7,706
• Brunegg
  3.6 mi away · pop. 810

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.

Recently spotted species

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-10-16

Melinopterus consputus

Melinopterus consputus

Seen 2026-10-16

Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

Seen 2026-10-16

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-10-16

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-10-16

Amber Wood Cockroach

Ectobius vittiventris

Seen 2026-10-15

Cabbage Bug

Eurydema oleracea

Seen 2026-10-15

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-14

Walnut Orbweaver

Nuctenea umbratica

Seen 2026-10-14

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

Official Identifiers