Bremgarten District is a Swiss district in the Canton of Aargau, corresponding to the valleys of the Reuss and Bünz rivers in the area known as the Freiamt.

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. There were a total of 479 empty apartments for a 1.6% vacancy rate.

Religion

From the , 32,805 or 53.2% were Roman Catholic, while 16,065 or 26.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 70 individuals (or about 0.11% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.

Municipalities

thumb|Population

{| class="wikitable"

! Crest

! Name of municipality

! Population<br><small>()</small>

! Area<br /> in km²

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Arni

| Arni || align="center" |

| align="center" | 3.37

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Berikon

| Berikon || align="center" |

| align="center" | 5.38

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Bremgarten

| Bremgarten || align="center" |

| align="center" |

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Büttikon

| Büttikon || align="center" |

| align="center" | 2.82

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Dottikon

| Dottikon || align="center" |

| align="center" | 3.89

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Eggenwil

| Eggenwil || align="center" |

| align="center" | 2.46

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Fischbach-Göslikon

| Fischbach-Göslikon || align="center" |

| align="center" | 3.07

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Hägglingen

| Hägglingen || align="center" |

| align="center" | 7.73

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Islisberg

| Islisberg || align="center" |

| align="center" | 1.65

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Jonen

| Jonen || align="center" |

| align="center" | 5.70

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Niederwil

| Niederwil || align="center" |

| align="center" | 6.15

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Oberlunkhofen

| Oberlunkhofen || align="center" |

| align="center" | 3.25

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Oberwil-Lieli

| Oberwil-Lieli || align="center" |

| align="center" | 5.35

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg

| Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg || align="center" |

| align="center" | 4.90

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Sarmenstorf

| Sarmenstorf || align="center" |

| align="center" | 8.30

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Tägerig

| Tägerig || align="center" |

| align="center" | 3.30

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Uezwil

| Uezwil || align="center" |

| align="center" | 2.45

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Unterlunkhofen

| Unterlunkhofen || align="center" |

| align="center" | 4.49

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Villmergen

| Villmergen || align="center" |

| align="center" | 11.94

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Widen

| Widen || align="center" |

| align="center" | 2.62

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Wohlen

| Wohlen || align="center" |

| align="center" | 12.48

|-

| align="center" | 35px|Zufikon

| Zufikon || align="center" |

| align="center" | 4.80

|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF;"

| align="center" |

| Total || align="center" |

| align="center" | 117.46

|}

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:

  • Hilfikon became part of Villmergen in 2010 (the area figure above includes Hilfikon).
  • On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Hermetschwil-Staffeln merged into the municipality of Bremgarten (AG).

References