Schöftland

Schöftland is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Schöftland has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.28 square kilometers (2.42 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.49 square kilometers (0.58 sq mi) or 23.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (89.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Albanian being third ( 3.0%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Schöftland is; 332 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 470 teenagers or 13.0% are between 10 and 19.

[7] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.5% of the vote.

[9] The castle at Bahnhofstrasse 5 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

This provides a fifteen minute interval service to the cantonal capital at Aarau, and stops at Schöftland and Schöftland Nordweg stations within the municipality,[13] From the 2000 census[update], 784 or 24.0% were Roman Catholic, while 1,821 or 55.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Aerial view (1958)
Schöftland apartments and buildings