Fisibach is a village and municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
While some scattered items from the Bronze Age were discovered in Fisibach, the first evidence of a settlement is a Roman era watchtower along the Rhine River. The modern village of Fisibach is first mentioned in 1050 as Fusibach.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 29.9% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
Demographics
thumb|Gasthaus (Restaurant and hotel) near Fisibach
Fisibach has a population () of , 15.2% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 6.3%. Most of the population () speaks German(91.7%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.9%) and French being third ( 1.7%).
The age distribution, , in Fisibach is; 39 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 38 teenagers or 10.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 45 people or 12.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 46 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 73 people or 20.1% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 15.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 33 people or 9.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 21 people or 5.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 11 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 or older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 45.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 19 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 63 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 60 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. There were a total of 7 empty apartments for a 4.2% vacancy rate.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
, Fisibach had an unemployment rate of 2.09%. , there were 30 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 41 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 78 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector. Of the working population, 10.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 50% used a private car.
Education
In Fisibach about 74.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).