Aarau (Swiss Standard German: [ˈaːraʊ], Alemannic German pronunciation: [ˈɑːræu̯]) 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 Zürich, 58 kilometres (36 miles) south of Basel and 65 kilometres (40 miles) 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.
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.
Distance between:
Geneva to Aarau122 Miles / 197 Kms Lucerne to Aarau24 Miles / 38 Kms Zürich to Aarau24 Miles / 38 Kms Basel to Aarau25 Miles / 40 Kms Bern to Aarau43 Miles / 69 Kms Lausanne to Aarau88 Miles / 142 Kms
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Population 2019
Total: 21 506
Total Men: 10 575
Total Women: 10 931