Brugg District

Brugg District
Bezirk Brugg
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Aargau
Capital Brugg
Area
 • Total 149.31 km2 (57.6 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 46,673
 • Density 312.6/km2 (809.6/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 29

Brugg District is a district in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, it is located south of the Aare and the Aargauer Jura covers the district. The capital of the district is the town of Brugg.

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Geography

Brugg District has an area, as of 1997, of 149.29 km2 (57.64 sq mi). Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.3% is forested. The rest of the land, (14.1%) is settled.[1]

Demographics

Brugg District has a population (as of June 2009) of 46,471.[2]

As of 2000, there were 1,635 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 8,736 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 6,792 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.41 individuals.[1] In 2008 there were 7,550 single family homes (or 36.4% of the total) out of a total of 20,725 homes and apartments.[3] There were a total of 194 empty apartments for a 0.9% vacancy rate.[3]

Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year), there are 3,374 students attending primary school, there are 1,246 students attending secondary school, there are 780 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the district.[1]

Economy

As of 2000 there were 22,875 residents who worked in the district, while 17,446 residents worked outside the Brugg district and 14,574 people commuted into the district for work.[4]

Religion

From the 2000 census, 13,426 or 30.4% were Roman Catholic, while 20,463 or 46.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 72 individuals (or about 0.16% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.[1]

Municipalities

Coat of arms Municipality Population
(30 June 2009)[2]		 Area (km²)
Auenstein 1,526 5.68
Birr 3,840 5.05
Birrhard 643 3.00
Bözen 668 3.96
Brugg 10,246 6.38a
Effingen 624 6.85
Elfingen 249 4.21
Gallenkirch 132 1.37
Habsburg 390 2.23
Hausen bei Brugg 2,735 3.21
Linn 146 2.54
Lupfig 1,964 5.15
Mandach 319 5.54
Mönthal 410 3.94
Mülligen 887 3.16
Oberbözberg 509 5.45
Oberflachs 475 3.38
Remigen 1,018 7.87
Riniken 1,364 4.76
Rüfenach 804 4.17
Scherz 577 3.30
Schinznach-Bad 1,250 1.90
Schinznach-Dorf 1660 8.91
Thalheim 757 9.92
Unterbözberg 703 6.11
Veltheim 1,366 5.24
Villigen 1,883 11.21
Villnachern 1,410 5.75
Windisch 6,672 4.91
^a Population is as of June 2009, and includes population and area of Umiken which merged into Brugg on 1 January 2010.

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  2. ^ a b Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  3. ^ a b Statistical Department of Canton Aargau (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  4. ^ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen (German) accessed 21 January 2010
  5. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
Districts of Aargau