Brugg District Bezirk Brugg | |
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District | |
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| Country |  Switzerland |
| Canton |  Aargau |
| Capital | Brugg |
| Area | |
• Total | 130.08 km2 (50.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 52,042 |
| • Density | 400.08/km2 (1,036.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipalities | 19 |
Brugg District is a district in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. The capital of the district is the town of Brugg.
Brugg District has an area, as of 1997 [update] , of 149.29 km2 (57.64 sq mi). Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.3% is forested. The rest of the land, (14.1%) is settled. [1] It is located around the rivers Aare and Reuss. The northern part of the district, north of the Aare, lies in the Aargau part of the Jura mountains.
Brugg District has a population (as of June 2009 [update] ) of 46,471. [2]
As of 2000 [update] , 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. [1] In 2008 [update] there were 7,550 single family homes (or 36.4% of the total) out of a total of 20,725 homes and apartments. [3] There were a total of 194 empty apartments for a 0.9% vacancy rate. [3]
Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year [update] ), there are 3,374 students attending primary school, there are 1,246 students attending secondary school, there are 780 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the district. [1]
As of 2000 [update] 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. [4]
From the 2000 census [update] , 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 faith. [1]
| Coat of arms | Municipality | Population 2020 [5] | Area (km²) [6] |
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 | Auenstein | 1,613 | 5.68 |
 | Birr | 4,598 | 5.05 |
 | Birrhard | 742 | 3 |
 | Bözberg | 1,663 | 15.5 |
 | Brugg | 12,738 | 8.26 |
 | Habsburg | 428 | 2.23 |
 | Hausen bei Brugg | 3,734 | 3.2 |
 | Lupfig | 12,679 | 5.15 |
 | Mandach | 325 | 5.54 |
 | Mönthal | 393 | 3.94 |
 | Mülligen | 1,074 | 3.16 |
 | Remigen | 1,326 | 7.87 |
 | Riniken | 1,482 | 4.76 |
 | Rüfenach | 863 | 4.17 |
 | Schinznach | 2,319 | 12.24 |
 | Thalheim | 820 | 9.92 |
 | Veltheim | 1,526 | 5.24 |
 | Villigen | 2,120 | 11.21 |
 | Windisch | 7,733 | 4.91 |
| Total | 52,042 | 130.08 |
The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:
| Districts of the Canton of Aargau | |
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