Zeihen

Zeihen
Coat of arms
Zeihen Show map of Switzerland Zeihen Show map of Canton of Aargau
Location of Zeihen
Coordinates: 47°29′N 8°5′E / 47.483°N 8.083°E / 47.483; 8.083Coordinates: 47°29′N 8°5′E / 47.483°N 8.083°E / 47.483; 8.083
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Laufenburg
Area
• Total	6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Elevation	445 m (1,460 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,102
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Postal code	5079
SFOS number	4183
Surrounded by	Bözen, Densbüren, Effingen, Herznach, Hornussen, Linn, Schinznach-Dorf, Thalheim, Ueken
Website	www.zeihen.ch SFSO statistics

Zeihen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Zeihen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 6.88 square kilometers (2.66 sq mi). Of this area, 3.5 km² (1.4 sq mi) or 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi) or 40.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi) or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 37.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.5% is used for growing crops and 24.4% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

The municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen, Hornussen and Zeihen are considering a merger some time in the future into a new municipality with an as yet (as of 2010^[update]) undetermined name.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert a Pale counter-compony Sable and Or between two Ears of Wheat of the last.

Zeihen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,102 As of June 2009^[update], 8.5% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (92.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).