Aarau

Summary

Aarau is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Aarau ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,314 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Aarau was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Aarau is located in Aarau District^[4].
• Aarau is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Aarau is on the body of water Aare^[6].
• Aarau is on the body of water Suhre^[7].
• Aarau's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Aarau's instance of is recorded as administrative centre^[9].
• Aarau's instance of is recorded as cantonal capital of Switzerland^[10].
• Aarau's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[11].
• Aarau's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[12].
• Aarau's shares border with is recorded as Erlinsbach^[13].
• Aarau's shares border with is recorded as Küttigen^[14].
• Aarau's shares border with is recorded as Biberstein^[15].
• Aarau's shares border with is recorded as Unterentfelden^[16].
• Aarau's shares border with is recorded as Suhr^[17].
• Aarau's shares border with is recorded as Buchs^[18].
• Aarau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Neuchâtel^[19].
• Aarau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Delft^[20].
• Aarau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Reutlingen^[21].
• Aarau's postal code is recorded as 5000^[22].
• Aarau's postal code is recorded as 5001^[23].
• Aarau's postal code is recorded as 5004^[24].
• Aarau is part of RPV Region Aarau^[25].
• Aarau's Commons category is recorded as Aarau^[26].
• Aarau's licence plate code is recorded as AG^[27].

Body

Geography

Aarau is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Aarau is located in Aarau District^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Aare^[6], a river^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Suhre^[7], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31]. Aarau is part of RPV Region Aarau^[25].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+20103'}^[32], {'amount': '+20687'}^[33], {'amount': '+20408'}^[34], {'amount': '+20013'}^[35], {'amount': '+7830'}^[36], and {'amount': '+21268'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[8], administrative centre^[9], cantonal capital of Switzerland^[10], and city of Switzerland^[11]. Aarau's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[38].

History and Context

1240 marks the founding of Aarau^[39].

Why It Matters

Aarau ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,314 views/month).^[2] Aarau has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Aarau is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]