Bottenwil

Bottenwil is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

[3] Bottenwil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.1 square kilometers (2.0 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Bottenwil is; 71 children or 8.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 109 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 62% 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).

[8] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.32% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 285 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.6%.

[14] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] As of  2007[update], Bottenwil had an unemployment rate of 1.11%.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 115 or 14.4% were Roman Catholic, while 554 or 69.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Aerial view (1970)