Aarau District Aargau Switzerland
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Aarau

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 Aarau 122 Miles / 197 Kms
Lucerne to Aarau 24 Miles / 38 Kms
Zürich to Aarau 24 Miles / 38 Kms
Basel to Aarau 25 Miles / 40 Kms
Bern to Aarau 43 Miles / 69 Kms
Lausanne to Aarau 88 Miles / 142 Kms

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Population 2019

Total: 21 506
Total Men: 10 575
Total Women: 10 931

museum Nearby

Aargauer Kunsthaus

tourist attraction Nearby

Cloud am Bahnhof
Naturama Aargau