Birr
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municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland
Key facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Canton
- Aargau
- District
- Brugg
- Mayor
- René Grütter
- Total
- 5.05 km (1.95 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 352 m (1,155 ft)
- Density
- 910/km (2,360/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- CH-AG
- Surrounded by
- Birrhard , Brunegg , Lupfig , Möriken-Wildegg
- Website
- birr.ch
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Birr
- Population
- 4354
- Area
- 5.05
- Elevation
- 395
- Official website
- www.birr.ch
- Image
- Birr 9677.jpg
- Dialing code
- 056
- Licence plate code
- AG
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- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/4092
- Commons category
- Birr, Aargau
- postal code
- 5242
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Birr is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau and the capital of Brugg (district). The village lies halfway between Lenzburg and Brugg. Birr has grown with its neighbour Lupfig into a conurbation.
Birr is known as one of the places where the Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established new standards in education. His gravesite in Birr is listed as a heritage site of national significance.
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