Zeihen

Zeihen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Zeihen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.88 square kilometers (2.66 sq mi).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert a Pale counter-compony Sable and Or between two Ears of Wheat of the last.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Zeihen is; 99 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 164 teenagers or 17.0% are between 10 and 19.

[8] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.3% of the vote.

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

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 539 or 62.5% were Roman Catholic, while 175 or 20.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Ziehen
Zeihen municipal building
Aerial view (1953)
Oberzeihen village
Zeihen church