Kulm District is a district in the
canton of Aargau
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Switzerland
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. It is located west of
Lake Hallwil and covers parts of the
Wyna and
Suhre valleys. The principal town is
Unterkulm; the largest municipality is
Reinach. The district contains 16 municipalities, is 101.35 km
2 in area and has a population of (as of ).
Geography
Kulm district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads).
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Demographics
The Kulm district has a population () of . , 22.6% of the population are foreign nationals.[Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung]
accessed 20 January 2010
Economy
there were 18,062 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 12,740 or about 70.5% of the residents worked outside the district while 7,159 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 12,481 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen
accessed 21 January 2010
Religion
From the , 8,159 or 22.7% were
Roman Catholic
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, while 19,512 or 54.3% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 30 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the
Christian Catholic faith.
[Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009]
accessed 20 January 2010
Education
Of the school age population (), there are 2,711 students attending
primary school
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, there are 1,174 students attending
secondary school
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, there are 755 students attending
tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 12 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.
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Municipalities
Mergers
The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:
* On 1 January 2023 the municipality of Burg merged into Menziken
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References
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Districts of Aargau