Freienwil
municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland
Freienwil is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
Freienwil is first mentioned around 1227–1234 as Friginwillare.
Geography
Freienwil has an area, as of 2006, of 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.5% is forested. The rest of the land (8.9%) is settled.
The village lies in the eastern edge of the Siggenbergs in a valley between the Limmat and the Surb valleys. The Rickenbach is the main stream.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Garb Or in base sinister a Sickle Argent handled of the second.
Demographics
The historical population is given in the following table:
Freienwil has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,110. As of 2008, 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
“Freienwil” enters the record as municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Freienwil, municipality and canton can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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