Murgenthal
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Murgenthal | |
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Location of Murgenthal  | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Aargau |
| District | Zofingen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.61 km2 (7.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 412 m (1,352 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,984 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4853 |
| SFOS number | 4279 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-AG |
| Surrounded by | Boningen (SO), Brittnau, Fulenbach (SO), Pfaffnau (LU), Roggwil (BE), Rothrist, Vordemwald, Wolfwil (SO), Wynau (BE) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Murgenthal is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
The Murgenthal Status
The Murgenthal Status stipulates that the flow of the Aare must not exceed 850m3/s (30,000 cu ft/s) at the gauge of Murgenthal's station which is located downstream of the confluence of the Aare and the Emme rivers. When the Emme river flow increases, the flow of the Aare river downstream of their confluence also increases accordingly, which may cause flooding downstream in the cantons of Solothurn and of Aargau.
Thus, the Status sets the speed that the Aare should not exceed: if the flow increases too much, then the regulating dam Port must limit the flow of the Aare river upstream, the three Seeland lakes being used to absorb the crest of the flood, until the end of the overflow of the Emme river. The system was complemented by the Flumenthal dam during the Second Jura water correction.
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- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.