Aarau district

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Aarau district
Aarau district
Basic data
Country: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau (AG)
Main town : Aarau
FSO number : 1901
Area : 104.49  km²
Height range : 356–908 m above sea level M.
Residents: 79,185 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 758 inhabitants per km²
map
Map of Aarau district
Population development
Seats in the Grand Council (2016-2020)
1
4th
1
1
1
1
3
4th
1 4th 1 1 1 1 3 4th 
A total of 16 seats

The Aarau district is a district in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland . It essentially comprises the agglomeration of Aarau south of the Aargau Jura and the municipality of Densbüren , the former Lower Court of Urgiz. The district comprises 12 municipalities .

geography

The Aarau district roughly comprises the agglomeration of the city of Aarau . It is traversed by the Aare in the north from west to east and by the Suhre and its tributary, the Wyna, from south to north . In the north, the district is bounded by a chain of the Aargau Jura . The area of ​​the district is 104.49 km².

Starting from the north, the Aarau district borders in a clockwise direction on the districts of Laufenburg , Brugg , Lenzburg , Kulm , Zofingen , Olten ( SO ) and Gösgen ( SO ).

Municipalities

coat of arms Name of the parish Population
(December 31, 2019) 		Area
in km² 		Inhabitant
per km²
Aarau
 Aarau 21,473 12.34 1740
Biberstein
 Biberstein 1592 4.10 388
Box
 Buchs (AG) 7965 5.32 1497
Densbueren
 Densbueren 724 12.52 58
Erlinsbach
 Erlinsbach (AG) 4247 9.86 431
Graenichen
 Graenichen 7987 17.23 464
Hirschthal
 Hirschthal 1612 3.53 457
Küttigen
 Küttigen 6276 11.90 527
Low
 Low 3907 7.03 556
Oberentfelden
 Oberentfelden 8492 7.16 1186
Suhr
 Suhr 10,443 10.62 983
Unterentfelden
 Unterentfelden 4197 2.88 1457
Total (12) 79,185 104.49 758

As of January 1, 2010

Changes in the community

  • Municipalities until 2009

Web links

Commons : Bezirk Aarau  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Aarau  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cantonal population statistics 2019. Department of Finance and Resources, Statistics Aargau, March 30, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Results of the Grand Council elections 2016. State Chancellery of the Canton of Aargau, accessed on July 27, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.