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Bezirk Laufenburg

Aargau

Bezirk Laufenburg is one of 11 districts of the canton of Aargau and comprises 17 municipalities with 37'715 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Votes in Bezirk Laufenburg

district results as published by BFS
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
31.7% YesNo 68.3%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes
58.3% YesNo 41.7%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
54.4% YesNo 45.7%
14.06.2026Aargauische Volksinitiative "Bildungsqualität sichern – JETZT!" vom 28. August 2024Cantonal AG● Rejected · 42.6% Yes
41.2% YesNo 58.8%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes
43.1% YesNo 56.9%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes
43.0% YesNo 57.0%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes
38.1% YesNo 61.9%
All federal votes →
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP40.9% · strongest party
SVP40.9%
Mitte15.7%
SP15.0%
FDP10.1%
GLP6.6%
GRÜNE6.0%
Übrige2.7%
EVP2.1%
EDU0.8%
PdA/Sol.0.1%
Sisseln
80 %
median of its municipalities
113 %
Oberhof
126 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 80 % % in Sisseln to 126 % % in Oberhof (median 113 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 11.5 % in Sisseln to 13.9 % in Oberhof (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.98 %
Dwellings
17'600
Avg. rooms
4.2
Built before 1946
20.4%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+675 +1.8%
births
309
deaths
265
net migration
+655
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
15'347
Workplaces
2'558
Services share
57.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 1'122 (7.3%) · Secondary 5'444 (35.5%) · Tertiary 8'781 (57.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
333
Organic share
15.9 %
Farmland
8'191 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.9 °C
Precipitation
1'074 mm
Elevation
289–866 m
Flat share
24.3%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
381 GWh
Electricity
26.9 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
61 min
Road to centre
38 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (19.643–29.855 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Laufenburg?
Bezirk Laufenburg comprises 17 municipalities: Frick, Gipf-Oberfrick, Laufenburg, Kaisten, Böztal, Herznach-Ueken, Eiken, Mettauertal, Sisseln, Wittnau, Zeihen, Oeschgen, Gansingen, Wölflinswil, Münchwilen, Schwaderloch, Oberhof. Together they have 37'715 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Laufenburg in?
Bezirk Laufenburg lies in the canton of Aargau, which is divided into 11 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Laufenburg?
Bezirk Laufenburg has 37'715 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 17 municipalities; the largest is Frick with 6'211.
Does Bezirk Laufenburg have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Laufenburg the municipal rate ranges from 80 % (Sisseln) to 126 % (Oberhof).
How did Bezirk Laufenburg vote in the latest federal vote?
On 27.09.2026, Bezirk Laufenburg voted 23.2 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.