Canton of Aargau

canton of Switzerland
Organization canton_of_switzerland Q11972
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Summary

Canton of Aargau is a canton of Switzerland[1]. It draws 5,104 Wikipedia views per month (canton of switzerland category, ranking #8 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities[3], University of Teacher Education in Special Needs[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Switzerland[5]
  • Country: Switzerland[6]
  • Instance of: administrative territorial entity[7]
  • Capital: Aarau[8]
  • Official language: German[9]
  • Shares border with: Canton of Basel-Landschaft[10], Canton of Solothurn[11], Canton of Berne[12], Canton of Lucerne[13], Canton of Zug[14], Canton of Zürich[15], Baden-Württemberg[16]
  • Named after: Aare[17]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Aarau District[18], Baden District[19], Bremgarten District[20], Brugg District[21], Kulm District[22], Laufenburg District[23], Lenzburg District[24], Muri District[25], Rheinfelden District[26], Zofingen District[27], Zurzach District[28]
  • Flag: flag of Aargau[29]
  • Legislative body: Grand Council of Aargau[30]
  • Part of: North West Switzerland[31]
  • Commons category: Canton of Aargau[32]
  • Licence plate code: AG[33]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[34], UTC+02:00[35], Central European Time[36], Central European Summer Time[37]
  • Archives at: Staatsarchiv Aargau[38]
  • Inception: 1803[39]
  • Highest point: Geissfluegrat[40]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Swiss Plateau[41]
  • Official website: https://www.ag.ch[42]
  • IPA transcription: ˈkantɔn ˈaːrɡaʊ̯[43], ˈaːrɡaʊ̯[44]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aargau[45]
  • Commons gallery: Aargau[46]
  • Email address: mailto:info@ag.ch[47]
  • Population: 678,207[48], 627,340[49], 726,894[50]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Canton of Aargau include Johannes Müller Argoviensis[51], a botanist[52], 1828–1896[53], of Switzerland[54].

Why It Matters

Canton of Aargau has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for it include Johannes Müller Argoviensis[51], a botanist[52], 1828–1896[53], of Switzerland[54].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Q22132145. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Q120475222. wikidata.org.
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  34. [3] ↑ . iaks.sport. Retrieved . iaks.sport. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . ag.ch. ag.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . statistical service. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . dam-api.bfs.admin.ch. dam-api.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 3, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167473473|AARGAU (#167473473)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'"
  2. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +14
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other:0||75 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; move P813 from external-id to reference; remove redundant described-by-source; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/Wikidata"
  3. 21w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +14
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ Capital: Aarau, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Q120475222 → Q113582703 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q120475222_Q1"
  4. 23w ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → district of the canton of Aargau, Liste der Ständeräte des Kantons Aargau, Liste der Nationalräte des Kantons Aargau +6
    Population → —
    Located in → —
    Inception → +1803-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 49 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ added some identifiers retrieved from CiNii Research (Cinii research id) or KAKEN (E-rad researcher number) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/"
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