Aarau

Aarau
Municipality
Aarau old town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Aarau
Aarau Show map of Switzerland Aarau Show map of Canton of Aargau
Coordinates: 47°24′N 8°03′E / 47.400°N 8.050°E / 47.400; 8.050
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
District	Aarau
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 7 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Hanspeter Hilfiker FDP/PRD (as of February 2018)
• Parliament	Einwohnerrat with 50 members
Area [1]
• Total	12.34 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Elevation	381 m (1,250 ft)
Highest elevation (Hungerberg)	471 m (1,545 ft)
Lowest elevation (Aar)	365 m (1,198 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	21,503
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Aarauer(in)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	5000, 5004 Aarau, 5032 Aarau Rohr
SFOS number	4001
ISO 3166 code	CH-AG
Localities	Aarau
Surrounded by	Buchs, Suhr, Unterentfelden, Eppenberg-Wöschnau, Erlinsbach
Twin towns	Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Delft (Netherlands), Reutlingen (Germany)
Website	www.aarau.ch SFSO statistics

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,^[3] and is west of Zürich,^[4] 58 kilometres (36 mi) south of Basel and 65 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Bern.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.