Switzerland
Canton of Aargau
Brugg District

Birr

Birr is a municipality in the canton of and the capital of Brugg. The village lies halfway between and Brugg. Birr has grown with its neighbour into a conurbation.
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  • Type: Village with 4,440 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Birr AG”, “Birr, Aargau”, and “CH4092”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chestenberg and Brunegg Castle.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of in the canton of in . The castle was built on a hill at the edge of the Jura mountains in the 13th century.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of Birr, in the canton of Aargau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Brugg–Hendschiken line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brugg and Hausen bei Brugg.

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is a small town of about 11,000 people in the canton of Aargau located at the confluence of the Reuss, Aare, and Limmat Rivers, with the Aare flowing through the city's old town.

Village
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Hausen is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of in . On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of merged into the municipality of .

Birr

Latitude
47.4345° or 47° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
8.203° or 8° 12′ 11″ east
Population
4,440
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open location code
8FVCC6M3+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240099776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285256
Wiki­data ID
Q64411
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Birr” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Birr”
  • Basque: “Birr”
  • Belarusian: “Бір (Швейцарыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Бір”
  • Breton: “Birr”
  • Catalan: “Birr”
  • Cebuano: “Birr”
  • Chinese: “Birr”
  • Chinese: “比尔”
  • Chinese: “比爾”
  • Danish: “Birr AG”
  • Dutch: “Birr”
  • Esperanto: “Birr AG”
  • French: “Birr AG”
  • French: “Birr”
  • German: “Birr AG”
  • German: “Birr”
  • Hungarian: “Birr”
  • Irish: “Birr”
  • Italian: “Birr”
  • Japanese: “ビルアー”
  • Kazakh: “Бир”
  • Lombard: “Birr”
  • Malay: “Birr, Switzerland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Birr”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birr AG”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birr Argau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birr AG”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birr i Sveits”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Birr”
  • Piemontese: “Birr”
  • Polish: “Birr”
  • Portuguese: “Birr”
  • Romanian: “Birr, Aargau”
  • Russian: “Бирр (Аргау)”
  • Russian: “Бирр”
  • Spanish: “Birr”
  • Swedish: “Birr, Aargau”
  • Swedish: “Birr”
  • Swiss German: “Birr AG”
  • Swiss German: “Birr”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Birr AG”
  • Turkish: “Birr AG”
  • Turkish: “Birr”
  • Ukrainian: “Бірр”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Birr”
  • Uzbek: “Bir”
  • Uzbek: “Birr”
  • Venetian: “Birr (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Birr”
  • Volapük: “Birr”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Birr, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Birr”
  • Welsh: “Birr”

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