Brugg District is a district in the

Canton of Aargau Aargau ( ; ), more formally the Canton of Aargau (; ; ; ), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capital is Aarau. Aargau is one of the most northerly cantons of Switzerland, by th ...

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. The capital of the district is the town of

Brugg Brugg (sometimes written as Brugg AG in order to distinguish it from other ''Brugg''s) is a Switzerland, Swiss Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and a List of towns in Switzerland, town in the canton of Aargau and is the seat of the Bru ...

Geography

Brugg District has an area, , of . Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.3% is forested. The rest of the land, (14.1%) is settled. It is located around the rivers

Aare The Aare () or Aar () is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to i ...

and

Reuss Reuss may refer to: *Reuss (surname) * Reuss (river) in Switzerland * Imperial County of Reuss or Reuß, several former states or countries in present-day Germany, and the People's State of Reuss * Principality of Reuss-Greiz and Principality of R ...

. The northern part of the district, north of the Aare, lies in the Aargau part of the

Jura mountains The Jura Mountains ( ) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", ) is located in France and Switzerla ...

Demographics

Brugg District has a population () of 46,471.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung
accessed 20 January 2010 , 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. there were 7,550 single family homes (or 36.4% of the total) out of a total of 20,725 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau
accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 194 empty apartments for a 0.9% vacancy rate. Of the school age population (), there are 3,374 students attending

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

, there are 1,246 students attending

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

, there are 780 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the district.

Economy

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.

Religion

From the , 13,426 or 30.4% were

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

, while 20,463 or 46.4% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

. Of the rest of the population, there were 72 individuals (or about 0.16% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009
accessed 20 January 2010

Municipalities

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000: *2006:

Stilli Stilli is a former municipality of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. On 1 January 2006, it merged with its neighbouring municipality, Villigen Villigen is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. In January ...

merged into

Villigen Villigen is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. In January 2006, Villigen incorporated the former municipality of Stilli. The Paul Scherrer Institute is primarily located in Villigen, although part is ...

*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 to form the new municipality of Mettauertal. This resulted in Hottwil transferring from Brugg to Laufenburg. *On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of

Gallenkirch Gallenkirch is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg merged to form the new municipality of Bözberg. ...

Linn Linn may refer to: People * Linn (surname) * Linn (given name) * Carl Linnaeus, abbreviated as Linn. * Linn da Quebrada, stage name of Brazilian singer, actress, screenwriter and television personality Lina Pereira dos Santos (born 1990) Place ...

Oberbözberg Oberbözberg is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg merged to form the new municipality of Bözberg ...

and

Unterbözberg Unterbözberg is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Gallenkirch, Linn, Swi ...

merged to form the new municipality of Bözberg.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 *2014:

Oberflachs Oberflachs is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in Canton Aargau in Switzerland. It is located about 6 km south west of the town of Brugg, Aargau, Brugg. On 1 January 2014 the f ...

and Schinznach-Dorf combined to create Schinznach. *On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of

Scherz Scherz is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Scherz merged into the municipality ...

merged into the municipality of

Lupfig Lupfig is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Scherz merged into the municipality of Lup ...

. *On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of

Schinznach-Bad Schinznach-Bad is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the municipality of Schinznach-Bad merged into Brugg. Geography Schinznach-Bad has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.3% ...

merged into the municipality of

. * On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bözen,

Effingen Effingen is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brugg (district), Brugg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, Elfingen and ...

and

Elfingen Elfingen is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Laufenberg (district), Laufenberg in Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bözen, Effingen, El ...

in the Brugg district and Hornussen in the Laufenburg district merged to form the new municipality of Böztal.

References

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