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apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. In 2008 there were 986 single family homes (or 40.4% of the total) out of a total of 2,442 homes and apartments. There were a total of 142 empty apartments for a 5.8% vacancy rate. As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 4.2 new units per 1000 residents.
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1280:Dürrenäsch
952:2009 data
867:13 January
844:References
424:ruins and
349:Rickenbach
230:Population
1340:Unterkulm
771:Transport
549:Pfeffikon
512:Geography
463:‹See Tfd›
442:Habsburgs
422:Roman era
363:.menziken
341:Pfeffikon
278:UTC+02:00
257:UTC+01:00
252:Time zone
222:Elevation
1310:Oberkulm
1305:Menziken
1295:Leimbach
1290:Holziken
1151:Archived
1035:Archived
911:Menziken
889:11 April
799:Religion
793:Menziken
630:(6.1%).
597:mortgage
557:Wynental
502:Wynental
486:Catholic
426:Alamanni
418:Menzchon
378:Menziken
198:District
124:Menziken
94:Menziken
23:Menziken
1345:Zetzwil
1315:Reinach
1300:Leutwil
1275:Birrwil
1253:in the
1196:5 March
928:Italian
747:Economy
695:+122.3%
610:In the
551:in the
542:Reinach
471:Oberamt
458:Bernese
450:vassals
438:Kyburgs
408:History
388:in the
356:Website
345:Reinach
337:Gunzwil
176:Country
147:47°14′N
1352:Aargau
922:French
916:German
728:+63.2%
717:+44.7%
706:+21.4%
569:blazon
500:upper
489:parish
467:German
394:Aargau
390:canton
343:(LU),
339:(LU),
331:(LU),
191:Aargau
186:Canton
150:8°12′E
1190:(PDF)
1080:(PDF)
1073:(PDF)
789:Aarau
725:5,511
722:2000
714:3,377
711:1950
703:2,333
700:1900
692:1,921
689:1850
678:1764
599:or a
380:is a
316:CH-AG
238:6,330
1198:2020
1088:2010
991:2021
925:and
913:in
891:2019
869:2019
667:Pop.
663:Year
567:The
547:and
545:Burg
402:Burg
386:Kulm
351:(LU)
333:Burg
306:4139
295:5737
209:Area
203:Kulm
681:864
628:CVP
624:FDP
616:SVP
575:is
396:in
392:of
365:.ch
361:www
271:DST
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1257:,
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1105:^
1014:^
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942:^
919:,
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852:^
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743:.
672:±%
620:SP
508:.
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347:,
335:,
327:,
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1229:v
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