Brugg
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| Population | 9,180 (2006) | |||||||||
| - Density | 1,645 /km² (635 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 5.58 km² (2.2 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 352 m (1,155 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 5200 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Rolf Alder (2004) | |||||||||
| Surrounded by (view map) |
Gebenstorf, Habsburg, Hausen, Riniken, Rüfenach, Schinznach-Bad, Umiken, Untersiggenthal, Villigen, Villnachern, Windisch | |||||||||
| Twin towns | Rottweil (Germany) | |||||||||
| Website | www.stadt-brugg.ch | |||||||||
Brugg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the capital of the district of Brugg. There is a river flowing through the city: the Aare. The city takes its name from a bridge (brücke) over the Aare river built in Roman times.
The municipality has grown to border Windisch and Umiken.
Twin town is:
- 1803: 604
- 1840: 1000
- 1850: 1142
- 1880: 1422
- 1900: 2339
- 1930: 4502
- 1950: 5508
- 1960: 6683
- 1970: 8635
- 1990: 9482
- 2000: 9143
- Brugg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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