Koblenz (or Coblenz) is a town and municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History

Middle Ages

Koblenz is first mentioned in 10th or 11th Century as Confluentia, for the confluence of the Aare and Rhine rivers. In 1265 it was mentioned as Cobilz.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.8%. Out of the forested land, 26.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.5% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, and .

Demographics

Koblenz has a population () of . , 29.7% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -0.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (82.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.7%).

, the gender distribution of the population was 53.9% male and 46.1% female. The population was made up of 544 Swiss men (34.6% of the population), and 304 (19.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 470 Swiss women (29.9%), and 256 (16.3%) non-Swiss women.

the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 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 43% 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 53 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 329 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 204 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. There were a total of 9 empty apartments for a 1.3% vacancy rate.

The historical population is given in the following table:

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File:Brücke Koblenz 02.jpg|Koblenz-Waldhut bridge

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Economy

, Koblenz had an unemployment rate of 2.57%. , there were 16 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 367 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 23 businesses in this sector. 230 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 47 businesses in this sector. Of the working population, 14.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 51% used a private car.

Education

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Koblenz about 63.6% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

References

  • Official municipality website