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 ...
. The district capital is
Bad Zurzach
Bad Zurzach is a village and former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Ba ...
. It covers the ''Studenland'' area and is located in the northeastern part of the canton. It has a population of (as of ).
Geography
The Zurzach district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads). The district is situated around the confluence of the
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
Rhine
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there were 15,454 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 11,295 or about 73.1% of the residents worked outside the district while 6,024 people commuted into the district for work. There was a total of 10,183 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 , 16,378 or 54.3% were
Roman Catholic
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, while 7,440 or 24.7% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church
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Of the school age population (), there are 2,405 students attending
primary school
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, there are 972 students attending
secondary school
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The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:
*1 January 2014:
Unterendingen
Unterendingen is a former municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Unterendingen merged into the municipality of Endingen.Endingen.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 13 December 2014
*1 January 2022:
Bad Zurzach
Bad Zurzach is a village and former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Ba ...
,
Baldingen
Baldingen is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located only 2 km south of the border with Germany.
On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, ...
,
Böbikon
Böbikon is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in Canton Aargau in Switzerland. It is located just 2 km south of the border with Germany.
On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böb ...
Rekingen
Rekingen is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and Wisl ...
,
Rietheim
Rietheim is a village and former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach ...
,
Rümikon
Rümikon is a village and former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Its late Roman watchtower at the ''Sandgraben'' is listed as ...
and
Wislikofen
Wislikofen is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and ...
merged into the new municipality of
Zurzach
Zurzach () is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland
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