Suhr is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the district of
Aarau of the
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
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 capit ...
in
Switzerland.
Geography
Suhr has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
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Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Gules a Latin Cross pattee Argent and in Chief two Mullets of Five of the same and Coupeaux Vert.''
Demographics
Suhr has a population (as of ) of . , 30.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung]
accessed 20 January 2010 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (84.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.6%).
accessed 26-January-2010
The age distribution, , in Suhr is; 1,057 children or 11.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,099 teenagers or 11.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,331 people or 13.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,422 people or 14.9% are between 30 and 39, 1,536 people or 16.1% are between 40 and 49, and 1,252 people or 13.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 847 people or 8.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 602 people or 6.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 353 people or 3.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 57 people or 0.6% who are 90 and older.[Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bevölkerungsdaten für den Kanton Aargau und die Gemeinden (Archiv)]
accessed 20 January 2010
, there were 491 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 1,971 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 1,077 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.23 individuals.[ there were 1,169 single family homes (or 26.9% of the total) out of a total of 4,353 homes and apartments.][Statistical Department of Canton Aargau]
accessed 20 January 2010
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.1%), the FDP (12.5%) and the CVP (9%).[
In Suhr about 67.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory ]upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied ar ...
'').[ Of the school age population (), there are 752 students attending ]primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
, there are 269 students attending secondary school, there are 214 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality.[
The historical population is given in the following table:][
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Transportation
It lies just off the A1 St. Margrethen–Geneva motorway.
Heritage sites of national significance
The Catholic parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activitie ...
of the Holy Ghost is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Sights
Stadion Brugglifeld
Stadion (Greek , Latin ''stadium'', nominative plural ''stadia'' in both Greek and Latin) may refer to:
People
* Christoph von Stadion (1478–1543), Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
* Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen (1763–1824), Austrian ...
, a multi-purpose stadium, is located in Suhr. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Aarau. The current capacity is 9249 seats and it was first used on 12 October 1924.
Economy
, Suhr had an unemployment rate of 2.98%. , there were 65 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 1,002 people are employed in the secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructio ...
and there are 57 businesses in this sector. 3,102 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 224 businesses in this sector.[
there were a total of 4,418 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 3,434 or about 77.7% of the residents worked outside suhr while 2,589 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 3,573 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.
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Education
There used to be a location of the SIS Swiss International School in Suhr, but this has been closed in Summer 2016.
Religion
From the , 2,449 or 29.0% are Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
, while 3,774 or 44.7% 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 ...
. Of the rest of the population, there are 16 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is an Old Catholic denomination in Switzerland. This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic).
Recent developments
In 1871 the Zürich Catholic community planned to build a chu ...
faith.[Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009]
accessed 20 January 2010
Notable people
* Kurt Röthlisberger (born 1951 in Suhr) is a retired football referee, supervised five matches in the FIFA World Cup in 1990 & 1994
* Petra Volpe (born 1970 in Suhr) a Swiss screenwriter and film director IMDb Database
retrieved 25 February 2019
* Lunatica
Lunatica is a Swiss symphonic metal band, formed in Suhr in 1998.
Biography Formation
Founded by keyboardist Alex Seiberl and guitarist Sandro D'Incau, lead vocalist Andrea Dätwyler joined the band in 2001.
Atlantis
Their debut album '' Atlan ...
(formed 1998 in Suhr) a Swiss symphonic metal band
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Municipalities of Aargau
Cultural property of national significance in Aargau