Brugg District

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Brugg District
Bezirk Brugg
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Aargau
Capital Brugg
Area
 • Total 149.31 km2 (57.65 sq mi)
Population (2012)
 • Total 47,551
 • Density 320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 25

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.

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

Population
Coat of arms Municipality Population
2012[5]		 Area (km²)[6]
Auenstein 1,536 5.68
Birr 4,210 5.05
Birrhard 664 2.99
Bözen 745 3.95
Bözberg 1,503 15.52
Brugg 10,604 6.36
Effingen 580 6.85
Elfingen 271 4.23
Habsburg 414 2.23
Hausen bei Brugg 3,119 3.21
Lupfig 2,194 5.15
Mandach 315 5.55
Mönthal 404 3.93
Mülligen 1,037 3.16
Remigen 1,065 7.87
Riniken 1,465 4.75
Rüfenach 874 4.17
Scherz 647 3.3
Schinznach-Bad 1,193 1.9
Schinznach 2,239 12.23
Thalheim 750 9.91
Veltheim 1,421 5.24
Villigen 2,028 11.22
Villnachern 1,530 5.74
Windisch 6,739 4.91
Total 47,551 149.31

Mergers

  • On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Umiken merged into the municipality of Brugg. On the same date the municipalities of Hottwil in the Brugg district and Etzgen, Mettau, Oberhofen and Wil in the Laufenburg district merged into the municipality of Mettauertal.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  2. ↑ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung (German) accessed 20 January 2010
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. ↑ Canton of Aargau Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bevölkerungsbestand 2012 nach Gemeinde, Geschlecht u. Nationalität (per 31. Dezember 2012)] (German) accessed 23 July 2013
  6. ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 2 January 2013
Aargau Districts of Aargau

Coordinates: 47°29′N 8°12′E / 47.483°N 8.200°E / 47.483; 8.200

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