Aarau

Also known as Aarau AG, city of Aarau

Aarau (, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The town is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant. Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aare, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains, and is west of Zurich, south of Basel and northeast of Bern. The municipality borders directly on the canton of Solothurn to the west. It is the largest town in Aargau. At the beginning of 2010 Rohr became a district of Aarau.

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Aarau is the capital city of Switzerland's Aargau canton, located on the Aare River in the Swiss plateau between the Jura Mountains and major cities like Zurich and Bern. As the largest town in its canton, Aarau serves as an important regional administrative and cultural center in German-speaking Switzerland.

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Switzerland municipality.subject_name: Aarau
Switzerland municipality.image_photo: Aarau Altstadt.jpg
Switzerland municipality.image_caption: Aarau old town
Switzerland municipality.imagepath_coa: Wappen Aarau.svg
Switzerland municipality.imagepath_flag: CHE Aarau Flag.svg
Switzerland municipality.canton: Aargau
Switzerland municipality.iso code region: CH-AG
Switzerland municipality.district: Aarau
Switzerland municipality.postal_code: 5000, 5004 Aarau, 5032 Aarau Rohr
Switzerland municipality.municipality_code: 4001
Switzerland municipality.area: 12.34
Switzerland municipality.elevation: 381
Switzerland municipality.highest: Hungerberg
Switzerland municipality.highest_m: 471
Switzerland municipality.lowest: Aar
Switzerland municipality.lowest_m: 365
Switzerland municipality.website: aarau.ch
Switzerland municipality.mayor: Hanspeter Hilfiker

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Aarau
Population: 22710
Area: 12.34
Elevation: 384
Official website: www.aarau.ch
Image: Aarau Altstadt Kirche 8941.jpg
Dialing code: 062
Licence plate code: AG

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native label: Aarau
Commons category: Aarau
postal code: 5004
inception: 1240-00-00
P8168: Keltern
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/4001

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Contents

Geography and geology
Climate
History
Prehistory
Middle Ages
1798: Capital of the Helvetic Republic
Aarau as canton capital
Origin of the name
Old town
Economy
Markets and fairs
Transport
Routes
Population
Sport
Sites
Heritage sites of national significance
Tourist sites
Annual events
Religion
Government
Legislative
Executive
National elections
Coat of arms
Notable people
Born in Aarau
Lived in Aarau
International relations
Twin towns �� sister cities
See also
Footnotes
References
External links
Sister projects

The official language of Aarau is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.