Ennetbaden is first mentioned about 1261-64 as Alio Badin.
Geography
Ennetbaden has an area,, of. Of this area, 20.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 33.6% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. The municipality is located in the Baden district on the right bank of the Limmat river. It consists of the village of Ennetbaden which is a suburb of Baden.
Ennetbaden has a population of. , 21.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1%. Most of the population speaks German, with French being second most common and Italian being third. The age distribution,, in Ennetbaden is; 272 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 208 teenagers or 6.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 415 people or 13.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 489 people or 16.3% are between 30 and 39, 511 people or 17.0% are between 40 and 49, and 427 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 354 people or 11.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 178 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 120 people or 4.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 28 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older. , there were 243 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 645 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 476 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.08 individuals. there were 518 single family homes out of a total of 1,639 homes and apartments. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 26.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the SVP and the Green Party. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ennetbaden about 85.1% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Of the school age population, there are 158 students attending primary school in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
, Ennetbaden had an unemployment rate of 1.97%. , there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 23 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 9 businesses in this sector. 537 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 89 businesses in this sector. there were 1,709 total workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,504 or about 88.0% of the residents worked outside Ennetbaden while 371 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 576 jobs in the municipality.
