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{{Infobox settlement
 | official_name                  = Brugg District
 | native_name                    = Bezirk Brugg
 | settlement_type                = District
 | image_map                      = {{Swiss subdivision OSM map|district}}
 | subdivision_type               = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
 | subdivision_name               = {{CHE}}
 | subdivision_type2              = [[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]]
 | subdivision_name2              = {{Flag|Aargau}}
 | subdivision_type3              = Capital
 | subdivision_name3              = [[Brugg]]
 | area_total_km2                 = 130.08
 | area_footnotes                 = 
 | population_as_of 	          = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-AG}}
 | population_total 	          = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-AG|B1904}}
 | population_footnotes           = 
 | population_density_km2         = auto
 | timezone         	          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
 | utc_offset 	                  = +1
 | timezone_DST 	          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
 | utc_offset_DST         	  = +2
 | blank_name_sec1                = Municipalities
 | blank_info_sec1                = 20
}}

'''Brugg District''' is a district in the [[Canton of Aargau]], [[Switzerland]].  The capital of the district is the town of [[Brugg, Switzerland|Brugg]].

==Geography==
Brugg District has an area, {{as of|1997|lc=on}}, of {{convert|149.29|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.  Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.3% is forested.  The rest of the land, (14.1%) is settled.<ref name=zahlen/> It is located around the rivers [[Aare]] and [[Reuss (river)|Reuss]]. The northern part of the district, north of the Aare, lies in the Aargau part of the [[Jura mountains]].

==Demographics==
Brugg District has a population ({{as of|2009|June|lc=on}}) of 46,471.<ref name=AG_pop>[http://www.ag.ch/staag/ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01  -Bevölkerung] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045014/http://www.ag.ch/staag/ |date=2012-02-22 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 20 January 2010</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 1,635 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 8,736 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 6,792 homes with 5 or more persons in the household.  The average number of people per household was 2.41 individuals.<ref name=zahlen/>  {{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} there were 7,550 single family homes (or 36.4% of the total) out of a total of 20,725 homes and apartments.<ref name=AG_data>[http://www.ag.ch/staag/ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045014/http://www.ag.ch/staag/ |date=2012-02-22 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 20 January 2010</ref>  There were a total of 194 empty apartments for a 0.9% vacancy rate.<ref name="AG_data"/>

Of the school age population ({{as of|2009|alt=in the 2008/2009 school year}}), there are 3,374 students attending [[Education in Switzerland#Primary|primary school]], there are 1,246 students attending [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|secondary school]], there are 780 students attending [[Education in Switzerland#Tertiary|tertiary or university level schooling]] in the district.<ref name=zahlen/>

==Economy==
{{as of|2000}} there were 22,875 residents who worked in the district, while 17,446 residents worked outside the Brugg district and 14,574 people commuted into the district for work.<ref>[http://www.ag.ch/staag/ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11  Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045014/http://www.ag.ch/staag/ |date=2012-02-22 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 January 2010</ref>

==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 13,426 or 30.4% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 20,463 or 46.4% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]].  Of the rest of the population, there were 72 individuals (or about 0.16% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic]] faith.<ref name=zahlen>[http://www.ag.ch/staag/ Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045014/http://www.ag.ch/staag/ |date=2012-02-22 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 20 January 2010</ref>

==Municipalities==
[[Image:Population District Brugg.svg|thumb|Population]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Coat of arms
!Municipality
!Population <small><br>{{Swiss populations Y|CH-AG}}{{Swiss populations ref|CH-AG}}</small>
!Area (km²)<small>{{Swiss area data|4100|QUELLE}}</small>
|-
| [[Image:CHE Auenstein COA.svg|35px|Auenstein]] || align="center" | [[Auenstein, Switzerland|Auenstein]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4091}} || align="center" |  {{Swiss area|4091|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Birr AG.svg|35px|Birr]] || align="center" | [[Birr, Switzerland|Birr]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4092}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4092|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Birrhard.svg|35px|Birrhard]] || align="center" | [[Birrhard]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4093}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4093|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:CHE Bözberg COA.svg|35px|Bözberg]] || align="center" | [[Bözberg]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4124}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4124|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Brugg-blason.svg|35px|Brugg]] || align="center" | [[Brugg, Switzerland|Brugg]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4095}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4095|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Habsburg AG.svg|35px|Habsburg]] || align="center" | [[Habsburg, Switzerland|Habsburg]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4099}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4099|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:CHE Hausen AG COA.svg|35px|Hausen]] || align="center" | [[Hausen bei Brugg]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4100}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4100|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Lupfig.svg|35px|Lupfig]] || align="center" | [[Lupfig]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4104}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4104|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Mandach AG.svg|35px|Mandach]] || align="center" | [[Mandach]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4105}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4105|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Coat of arms of Moenthal.svg|35px|Mönthal]] || align="center" | [[Mönthal]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4106}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4106|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Muelligen-blason.svg|35px|Mülligen]] || align="center" | [[Mülligen]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4107}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4107|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Remigen AG.svg|35px|Remigen]] || align="center" | [[Remigen]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4110}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4110|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Riniken AG.svg|35px|Riniken]] || align="center" | [[Riniken]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4111}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4111|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Rüfenach AG.svg|35px|Rüfenach]] || align="center" | [[Rüfenach]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4112}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4112|km=yes}}
|-
| [[File:CHE Schinznach COA.svg|35px|Schinznach]] || align="center" | [[Schinznach]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4125}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4125|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Thalheim AG.svg|35px|Thalheim]] || align="center" | [[Thalheim, Aargau|Thalheim]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4117}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4117|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Veltheim AG.svg|35px|Veltheim]] || align="center" | [[Veltheim, Aargau|Veltheim]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4120}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4120|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:CHE Villigen COA.svg|35px|Villigen]] || align="center" | [[Villigen]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4121}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4121|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Villnachern AG.svg|35px|Villnachern]] || align="center" | [[Villnachern]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4122}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4122|km=yes}}
|-
| [[Image:Wappen Windisch AG.svg|35px|Windisch]] || align="center" | [[Windisch, Switzerland|Windisch]]|| align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-AG|4123}} || align="center" | {{Swiss area|4123|km=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF;"
| align="center" | 
| align="center" | '''Total''' || align="center" | {{Swiss populations | CH-AG | B1904 }} 
| align="center" | 130.08
|}

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

*2006: [[Stilli]] merged into [[Villigen]]
*On 1 January 2010 the municipality of [[Umiken]] merged into the municipality of Brugg. On the same date the municipalities of [[Hottwil]] in the Brugg district and [[Etzgen]], [[Mettau, Switzerland|Mettau]], [[Oberhofen, Aargau|Oberhofen]] and [[Wil, Aargau|Wil]] in the [[Laufenburg (district)|Laufenburg district]] merged to form the new municipality of [[Mettauertal]].<ref name=fusion>{{Cite report|title=Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |publisher=Federal Statistical Office |year=2009 |accessdate=6 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |archivedate=18 November 2010 }}</ref> This resulted in Hottwil transferring from Brugg to Laufenburg.
*On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of [[Gallenkirch]], [[Linn, Aargau|Linn]], [[Oberbözberg]] and [[Unterbözberg]] merged to form the new municipality of Bözberg.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 January 2013</ref>
*2014: [[Oberflachs]] and [[Schinznach-Dorf]] combined to create [[Schinznach]].
*On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of [[Scherz]] merged into the municipality of [[Lupfig]].
*On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of [[Schinznach-Bad]] merged into the municipality of [[Brugg]].<ref name=fusion/>
* On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of [[Bözen]], [[Effingen]] and [[Elfingen]] in the Brugg district and [[Hornussen, Aargau|Hornussen]] in the Laufenburg district merged to form the new municipality of [[Böztal]].

== See also ==

* [[Linnerberg (Aargau)]]

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