Rheinfelden (Aargau)

Rheinfelden
Coat of arms of Rheinfelden
Location of Rheinfelden
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Rheinfelden is located in Switzerland
Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden is located in Canton of Aargau
Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden
Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°48′E / 47.550°N 7.800°E / 47.550; 7.800
CountrySwitzerland
CantonAargau
DistrictRheinfelden
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 5 members
 • MayorStadtammmann (list)
Franco Mazzi FDP/PRD
(as of February 2014)
Area
 • Total16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total13,528
 • Density850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
4310
SFOS number4258
ISO 3166 codeCH-AG
Surrounded byKaiseraugst, Magden, Möhlin, Olsberg, Rheinfelden (DE-BW), Schwörstadt (DE-BW)
Websitewww.rheinfelden.ch
SFSO statistics
Lordship (County?) of Rheinfelden
Herrschaft (Grafschaft?) Rheinfelden
10th century–1080
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalRheinfelden
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• First settled
Middle Stone Age (10,000 BP)
• Established
10th century
• Inherited by Zähringen
1080
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Burgundy County of Burgundy
House of Zähringen Zähringen
Imperial City of Rheinfelden
Reichsstadt Rheinfelden
1225–1330
StatusFree Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalRheinfelden
GovernmentRepublic
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Zähringen ducal
    line extinct
 
1218
• Gained Reichsfreiheit
1225
• Joined Habsburg
    Further Austria
1330
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zähringen House of Zähringen
Habsburg Habsburg

Rheinfelden (Alemannic German: Rhyfälde, [ˈriːfæld̥ə]) is a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden. It is located 15 kilometres east of Basel. The name means the fields of the Rhine, as the town is located on the High Rhine. It is home to Feldschlösschen, the most popular beer in Switzerland. The city is across the river from Rheinfelden in Baden-Württemberg; the two cities were joined until Napoleon Bonaparte fixed the Germany–Switzerland border on the Rhine in 1802 and are still socially and economically tied.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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