Bremgarten, Aargau

Bremgarten
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Bremgarten is located in Switzerland
Bremgarten
Bremgarten
Bremgarten is located in Canton of Aargau
Bremgarten
Bremgarten
Coordinates: 47°21′N 8°20′E / 47.350°N 8.333°E / 47.350; 8.333
CountrySwitzerland
CantonAargau
DistrictBremgarten
Government
 • ExecutiveStadtrat
with 5 members
 • MayorStadtammann (list)
Raymond Tellenbach
(as of March 2014)
Area
 • Total11.36 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Elevation
386 m (1,266 ft)
Highest elevation
(Spannhölzli)
475 m (1,558 ft)
Lowest elevation
(Hegnau-Flussschlaufe)
358 m (1,175 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total7,942
 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
5620
SFOS number4063
ISO 3166 codeCH-AG
Surrounded byEggenwil, Fischbach-Göslikon, Hermetschwil-Staffeln, Waltenschwil, Wohlen, Zufikon
Websitewww.bremgarten.ch
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Bremgarten is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It serves as seat of the district of Bremgarten. The medieval old town is listed as a heritage site of national significance. In 2013, Bremgarten was the first municipality in Europe to introduce laws forbidding asylum seekers from visiting certain public places such as libraries, swimming pools, schools and churches.[3]

On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Hermetschwil-Staffeln merged into the municipality of Bremgarten.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Outrage as Swiss move to segregate asylum-seekers". BBC News Europe. BBC News Europe. 7 August 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  4. ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 13 December 2014

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