Lenzburg district

Lenzburg district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Aargau (AG)
Main town :	Lenzburg
FSO number :	1907
Area :	98.10  km²
Height range :	345–713 m above sea level M.
Residents:	64,356 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	656 inhabitants per km²
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population

Seats in the Grand Council (2016-2020)

1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3  A total of 12 seats GPS : 1 SP : 2 glp : 1 EVP : 1 CVP : 1 BDP : 1 FDP : 2 SVP : 3

The district of Lenzburg is a district of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland , which consists of the center of the canton and the northern Seetal . The district comprises 20 municipalities .

Neighboring districts

The District Lenzburg is bordered to the north by the district of Brugg , in the northeast on the district of Baden , on the east by the district Bremgarten , on the south by the District Hochdorf ( LU ), on the southwest by the District Kulm and on the west by District Aarau .

history

The Lenzburg office was probably created around 1030 by the Counts of Lenzburg , whose seat was Lenzburg Castle, first mentioned in 1077 . The district passed into the possession of the Kyburgs around 1250/56 and later their heirs to the Habsburgs until 1415 . After the conquest of Aargau by the Confederates, the area was an office and the center of the county of the same name in the Bernese Aargau until the Helvetic Revolution in 1798. During the Helvetic era, Lenzburg was a Helvetic district for five years and, from 1803 onwards, a district of the newly created Canton of Aargau.

Municipalities

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2019)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	Ammerswil	724	3.19	227
	Boniswil	1479	2.41	614
	Brunegg	876	1.55	565
	Dintikon	2254	3.72	606
	Egliswil	1477	6.29	235
	Fahrwangen	2273	4.01	567
	Hallwil	877	2.18	402
	Hendschiken	1308	3.52	372
	Holderbank (AG)	1377	2.33	591
	Hunzenschwil	4042	3.26	1240
	Lenzburg	10,829	11.31	957
	Meisterschwanden	2959	4.25	696
	Möriken-Wildegg	4502	6.61	681
	Niederlenz	4772	3.31	1442
	Othmarsingen	2926	4.72	620
	Rupperswil	5485	6.22	882
	Schafisheim	3016	6.33	476
	Seengen	4086	9.69	422
	Seon	5219	9.62	543
	Staufen	3875	3.58	1082
Total (20)		64,356	98.10	656

The land area of ​​the Lenzburg district is 98.10 km². Shares in Lake Hallwil are not included .

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1898

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  Municipalities until 1899

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  Municipalities until 1950

• 1805: Split from Seon → Retterswil and Seon
• 1899: Merger of Retterswil and Seon → Seon
• 1899: Alliswil and Boniswil → Boniswil merge
• 1900: Merger of Meisterschwanden and Tennwil → Meisterschwanden
• 1950: Name change from Möriken → Möriken-Wildegg
• 1950: Name change from Niederhallwil → Hallwil

Localities

Postcode	Name of the place	local community
	Alliswil	Boniswil
	Tennwil	Meisterschwanden
	Möriken	Möriken-Wildegg
	Wildegg	Möriken-Wildegg
	Retterswil	Seon

Web links

Commons : Lenzburg district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Heidi Neuenschwander and Dominik Sauerländer: Lenzburg district. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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.