Fisibach - Geography

Geography

Fisibach has an area, as of 2009, of 5.79 square kilometers (2.24 sq mi). Of this area, 2.5 km2 (0.97 sq mi) or 43.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi) or 45.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.13 km2 (32 acres) or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 29.9% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Zurzach district, at the end of the Fisibach valley. It lies in the northeastern part of Aargau and is neighbored with the Canton of Zürich. The neighboring municipalities are Bachs and Weiach. The place prior to modern times was Visibachs and differed from Obervisibachs (now Bachs in the Canton of Zurich). The municipality also has a school, a fire station and co-operation with the small municipality of Kaiserstuhl. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Fisibach and the hamlets of Burenmüli, Hägelen and Waldhausen.