Schinznach-Bad

Schinznach-Bad is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Of this area, 0.1 km2 (25 acres) or 5.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.74 square kilometers (0.29 sq mi) or 38.9% is forested.

Of the rest of the land, 0.86 square kilometers (0.33 sq mi) or 45.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18 square kilometers (0.069 sq mi) or 9.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.

37.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure two Mullets Or and between them in chief a Crescent of the same and in base three barrulets wavy Argent.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Schinznach-Bad is; 106 children or 8.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 150 teenagers or 12.1% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following table:[9] The village of Schinznach-Bad is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 349 or 27.7% were Roman Catholic, while 509 or 40.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Schinznach-Bad
Aerial view (1964)
Riparian Forest in the north of Schinznach-Bad
Schinznach-Bad spa chapel