Villigen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Villigen, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The former municipality of Villigen is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located between the Aare and the tabular Jura.

Villigen (as of 2009) has an area of 11.22 km² (4.33 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 34.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 49.0% - forested
 * 13.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.8% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1290, Villigen was first mentioned by the name of ze Vilingin. Villigen is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

In January 2006, Villigen incorporated the former municipality of Stilli.

The population history of Villigen is: 1764 - 460 inhabitants 1850 - 733 inhabitants 1900 - 591 inhabitants 1950 - 630 inhabitants 1975 - 905 inhabitants 1980 - 922 inhabitants 1990 - 1,248 inhabitants 2000 - 1,427 inhabitants 2020 - 2,120 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 34.5% were Roman Catholic
 * 46.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.22% were Christian Catholic Church

During the 12th and 13th centuries, the chapel reported to the Rein parish. In the early 21st century, the Protestants were part of the Rein parish. The Catholics were part of the Brugg parish.

Church Records
Villigen belongs to the parish of Rein. See Rein for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Villigen:
 * 1837 (images 387-399)
 * 1850: Form A (images 454-471)
 * 1850: Form B (images 472-475)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Villigen prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)