Everything about Canton Of Aargau totally explained
Aargau (
German ; rarely anglicized
Argovia) is one of the more northerly
cantons of
Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the
river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aargau (meaning
Aare district).
Geography
Its total area is 1,404 km², its population is 579,489 (as of 2006). The capital is
Aarau. It borders
Germany to the north. To the west lie the cantons of
Basel-Landschaft,
Solothurn and
Bern. The canton of
Lucerne lies south of the canton of Aargau,
Zürich and
Zug to the east.
The canton of Aargau is one of the least mountainous Swiss cantons, forming part of a great table-land, to the north of the
Alps and the east of the
Jura, above which rise low hills. The surface of the country is beautifully diversified, undulating tracts and well-wooded hills which was then admitted a full member of the reconstituted Confederation. The
Fricktal, ceded in 1802 by
Austria, via Napoleonic France, to the Helvetic Republic, was shortly a separate Swiss canton under a
Statthalter ('Lieutenant'), but on
9 March 1803 became incorporated as part of the canton Aargau.
The chief magistracy of Aargau changed its style repeatedly:
- first two consecutive Regierungsstatthalter :
- April 1798 - November 1801 Jakob Emmanuel Feer (b. 1754 - d. 1833)
- 1802 - 1803 Johann Heinrich Rothpletz (b. 1766 - d. 1833)
- Presidents of the Government Commission
- annual Amtsbürgermeister 1815-1831
- annual Landammänner since 1815
In the year 2003 the canton Aargau celebrated its 200
th birthday.
For centuries, two villages in the Aargau, Endingen and Lengnau, were the only places in Switzerland where Jews were permitted to live. They were not permitted to own houses or to live under the same roof with Christians. For the slow process of Jewish emancipation in Aargau and Switzerland, see link below.
Economy
The farmland of the canton of Aargau is some of the most fertile in Switzerland.
Dairy farming,
cereal and
fruit farming are among the canton's main economic activities. The canton is also industrially developed, particularly in the fields of electrical engineering, precision instruments,
iron,
steel and
cement.
Three of Switzerland's five nuclear power plants are in the canton of Aargau (Beznau I + II and Leibstadt). Additionally, the many rivers supply enough water for numerous hydroelectric power plants throughout the canton. The canton of Aargau is often called "the energy canton".
A significant number of people commute into the financial center of the city of
Zürich, which is just across the cantonal border.
Tourism is significant, particularly for the hot springs at Baden and Schinznach Bad, the ancient castles, the landscape, and the many old
museums in the canton. Hillwalking is another tourist attraction, but is only of limited significance.
Municipalities
There are a total of 231 municipalities in the canton of Aargau.
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