Brugg District

Coordinates: 47°29′N 8°12′E / 47.483°N 8.200°E / 47.483; 8.200
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Brugg District
Bezirk Brugg
District
Map
Country Switzerland
Canton Aargau
CapitalBrugg
Area
 • Total130.08 km2 (50.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total52,042
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities20

Brugg District is a district in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. The capital of the district is the town of Brugg.

Geography[edit]

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] It is located around the rivers Aare and Reuss. The northern part of the district, north of the Aare, lies in the Aargau part of the Jura mountains.

Demographics[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Population
Coat of arms Municipality Population
2020[5]
Area (km²)[6]
Auenstein Auenstein 1,613 5.68
Birr Birr 4,598 5.05
Birrhard Birrhard 742 3
Bözberg Bözberg 1,663 15.5
Brugg Brugg 12,738 8.26
Habsburg Habsburg 428 2.23
Hausen Hausen bei Brugg 3,734 3.2
Lupfig Lupfig 12,679 5.15
Mandach Mandach 325 5.54
Mönthal Mönthal 393 3.94
Mülligen Mülligen 1,074 3.16
Remigen Remigen 1,326 7.87
Riniken Riniken 1,482 4.76
Rüfenach Rüfenach 863 4.17
Schinznach Schinznach 2,319 12.24
Thalheim Thalheim 820 9.92
Veltheim Veltheim 1,526 5.24
Villigen Villigen 2,120 11.21
Villnachern Villnachern 1,654 5.75
Windisch Windisch 7,733 4.91
Total 52,042 130.08

Mergers[edit]

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 20 January 2010
  2. ^ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 20 January 2010
  3. ^ a b Statistical Department of Canton Aargau Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 20 January 2010
  4. ^ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 January 2010
  5. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  7. ^ a b Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  8. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013

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