Aarau District

Template:Infobox settlement Aarau District is a district in the Swiss Canton of Aargau with administrative capital Aarau encompasses the agglomeration of Aarau south of the Juras.

Geography

In 2009, the Aargau District had a total area of Template:Convert. Of that area, Template:Convert, or about 30.7%, was cultivated land, Template:Convert, or about 48.2%, was forested and Template:Convert, or about 20.1%, has some type of construction on it.<ref>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Aargauer Zahlen 2009 – Arealstatistik Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 22 January 2010</ref>

Demographics

In December 2018, Aarau District had a population of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref

In 2000, there were 3,277 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 14,181 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 9,295 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.24 individuals.<ref name=zahlen/> In 2008, there were 10,614 single family homes (or 32.3% of the total) out of a total of 32,851 homes and apartments.<ref name=AG_data>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010</ref>

Of the school age population (Template:As of), there were 4,891 students attending primary school, 1,755 students attending secondary school, 1,175 students attending tertiary or university level schooling and 35 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.<ref name=zahlen/>

Economy

In 2000, there were 32,987 residents who worked in the district, while 23,730 residents worked outside the Aarau District and 29,444 people commuted into the district for work.<ref>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 January 2010</ref>

Religion

From the 2000 census, 17,246 or 27.3% were Roman Catholic, while 31,124 or 49.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 179 individuals (or about 0.28% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith.<ref name=zahlen>Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 20 January 2010</ref>

Municipalities

Crest	Name of municipality	Population (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref	Area in km2
Aarau	Aarau	Template:Swiss populations	12.34Template:Ref
Biberstein	Biberstein	Template:Swiss populations	4.10
Buchs	Buchs (AG)	Template:Swiss populations	5.36
Densbüren	Densbüren	Template:Swiss populations	12.52
Erlinsbach	Erlinsbach	Template:Swiss populations	9.87
Gränichen	Gränichen	Template:Swiss populations	17.21
Hirschthal	Hirschthal	Template:Swiss populations	3.53
Küttigen	Küttigen	Template:Swiss populations	11.89
Muhen	Muhen	Template:Swiss populations	7.03
Oberentfelden	Oberentfelden	Template:Swiss populations	7.16
Suhr	Suhr	Template:Swiss populations	10.59
Unterentfelden	Unterentfelden	Template:Swiss populations	2.87
	Total	Template:Swiss populations	104.47

^a{{#if:| }} In 2010, Rohr merged into Aarau, Aarau area includes Rohr

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:

• 2010: Rohr merged into Aarau