Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
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district in the
Canton of Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...
, corresponding to the valleys of the
Reuss Reuss may refer to:
*Reuss (surname)
*Reuss (river) in Switzerland
*Reuss (state) or Reuß, several former states or countries in present-day Germany, and the Republic of Reuss
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Freiamt
Freiamt is a town in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russi ...
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Geography
Bremgarten District has an area, , of . Of this area, 48.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.9% is forested. The rest of the land, (18.1%) is settled.
Demographics
Bremgarten District has a population of (as of ).
, there were 2,402 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 11,781 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 9,773 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.43 individuals. there were 10,969 single family homes (or 37.2% of the total) out of a total of 29,488 homes and apartments.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau accessed 20 January 2010 There were a total of 479 empty apartments for a 1.6% vacancy rate.
Of the school age population (), there are 5,276 students attending
primary school
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, there are 1,992 students attending
secondary school
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, there are 1,349 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 30 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.
Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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, while 16,065 or 26.1% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:
*
Hilfikon
Hilfikon was a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. In January 2010 Hilfikon merged into Villmergen.
History
Hilfikon is first mentioned in 924 as ''Hilfiniswilare''. In 1250 it was mentioned as ...
became part of Villmergen in 2010 (the area figure above includes Hilfikon).Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010
* On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of
Hermetschwil-Staffeln
Hermetschwil-Staffeln is a former municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Hermetschwil-Staffeln merged into the municipality of Bremgarten.