Aarau
capital of Canton Aargau, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. Most of the people in the municipality speak German. To the west of Aarau is the canton of Solothurn. It is the third-largest city in Aargau after Wettingen and Baden.
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Aarau | |
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Coordinates: 47.39°N 8.04°E / 47.39; 8.04 | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Aargau |
District | Aarau |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marcel Guignard FDP/PRD (as of 2004) |
Area | |
• Total | 12.34 km2 (4.76 sq mi) |
Elevation | 381 m (1,250 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 21,503 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 5000 |
SFOS number | 4001 |
Surrounded by | Rohr, Buchs, Suhr, Unterentfelden, Eppenberg-Wöschnau (Solothurn), Erlinsbach |
Twin towns | Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Delft (Netherlands), Reutlingen (Germany) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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