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Bezirk Rheinfelden

Aargau

Bezirk Rheinfelden is one of 11 districts of the canton of Aargau and comprises 14 municipalities with 50'327 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 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Rheinfelden

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
54.8% YesNo 45.2%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
48.0% YesNo 52.0%
14.06.2026Aargauische Volksinitiative "Bildungsqualität sichern – JETZT!" vom 28. August 2024Cantonal AGRejected · 42.6% Yes
45.1% YesNo 54.9%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
49.7% YesNo 50.3%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
41.4% YesNo 58.6%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
37.7% YesNo 62.3%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP34.4% · strongest party
SVP34.4%
SP18.1%
Mitte14.3%
FDP12.3%
GLP8.3%
GRÜNE6.8%
Übrige2.9%
EVP1.9%
EDU0.9%
PdA/Sol.0.1%
Kaiseraugst
50 %
median of its municipalities
111 %
Obermumpf
122 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 50 % % in Kaiseraugst to 122 % % in Obermumpf (median 111 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 9.9 % in Kaiseraugst to 13.7 % in Obermumpf (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
1.31 %
Dwellings
24'101
Avg. rooms
3.9
Built before 1946
15.2%

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
+621 +1.3%
births
405
deaths
412
net migration
+629
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
27'606
Workplaces
3'048
Services share
52.9 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 513 (1.9%) · Secondary 10'863 (39.4%) · Tertiary 14'593 (52.9%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
176
Organic share
10.8 %
Farmland
4'597 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
10.4 °C
Precipitation
1'016 mm
Elevation
261–739 m
Flat share
46.3%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
390 GWh
Electricity
29.6 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
50 min
Road to centre
33 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.84329.855 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Rheinfelden?
Bezirk Rheinfelden comprises 14 municipalities: Rheinfelden, Möhlin, Kaiseraugst, Magden, Stein, Zeiningen, Wallbach, Mumpf, Obermumpf, Wegenstetten, Schupfart, Zuzgen, Hellikon, Olsberg. Together they have 50'327 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Rheinfelden in?
Bezirk Rheinfelden lies in the canton of Aargau, which is divided into 11 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Rheinfelden?
Bezirk Rheinfelden has 50'327 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 14 municipalities; the largest is Rheinfelden with 14'034.
Does Bezirk Rheinfelden have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Rheinfelden the municipal rate ranges from 50 % (Kaiseraugst) to 122 % (Obermumpf).
How did Bezirk Rheinfelden vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Rheinfelden voted 54.8 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

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