Aarau

Aarau is the German-speaking capital city of the northern canton of Aargau. It lies south of the border, east of and , north of , and west of .
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  • Type: Town with 21,200 residents
  • Description: capital of Canton Aargau, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Aarau AG” and “city of Aarau”
  • Postal codes: 5000 and 5004

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aarau railway station and Stadion Brügglifeld.

Railway station
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serves the municipality of Aarau, capital town of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Opened in 1856, it is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways.

Pitch
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is a multi-purpose stadium in Aarau, . It is primarily used for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Aarau. The current capacity is 9,249 seats, which include 1499 covered seats.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buchs and Erlinsbach.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of in . It is located near the river and borders with the municipalities of Aarau, Rupperswil and Suhr.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of in Switzerland.

Aarau

Latitude
47.3927° or 47° 23′ 34″ north
Longitude
8.0444° or 8° 2′ 40″ east
Population
21,200
Elevation
389 metres (1,276 feet)
IATA airport code
ZDA
United Nations Location Code
CH AAR
Open location code
8FVC92VV+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29886774
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2661881
Wiki­data ID
Q14274
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Aarau” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Aarau”
  • Albanian: “Aarau”
  • Amharic: “አራው”
  • Arabic: “أراو”
  • Aragonese: “Aarau”
  • Armenian: “Արաու”
  • Arpitan: “Arava”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aarau”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arau”
  • Basque: “Aarau”
  • Belarusian: “Аарау”
  • Belarusian: “Аараў”
  • Bengali: “আরাউ”
  • Breton: “Aarau”
  • Bulgarian: “Аарау”
  • Cajun French: “Aarau”
  • Catalan: “Aarau”
  • Cebuano: “Aarau (kapital sa kanton)”
  • Cebuano: “Aarau (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Aarau”
  • Chechen: “Арау”
  • Chinese: “Aarau”
  • Chinese: “亞牢”
  • Chinese: “阿劳”
  • Chinese: “阿勞”
  • Croatian: “Aarau”
  • Czech: “Aarau”
  • Danish: “Aarau”
  • Dutch: “Aarau”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اراو”
  • Esperanto: “Araŭo”
  • Estonian: “Aarau”
  • Finnish: “Aarau”
  • French: “Aarau”
  • Galician: “Aarau”
  • Georgian: “აარაუ”
  • German: “Aarau”
  • German: “Stadt Aarau”
  • Greek: “Άαραου”
  • Guarani: “Aarau”
  • Hausa: “Aarau”
  • Hebrew: “אראו”
  • Hindi: “आराऊ”
  • Hungarian: “Aarau”
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  • Irish: “Aarau”
  • Italian: “Aarau”
  • Japanese: “アーラウ”
  • Javanese: “Aarau”
  • Kazakh: “Арау”
  • Kirghiz: “Аарау”
  • Korean: “아라우”
  • Kurdish: “Aarau”
  • Ladino: “Aarau”
  • Latin: “aravia”
  • Latin: “Aravia”
  • Latvian: “Ārava”
  • Lithuanian: “Arau”
  • Lombard: “Aarau”
  • Luxembourgish: “Aarau”
  • Macedonian: “Арау”
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  • Malay: “Aarau”
  • Marathi: “आराऊ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aarau”
  • Mingrelian: “აარაუ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Aarau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aarau”
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  • Novial: “Aarau”
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  • Oromo: “Aarau”
  • Ossetian: “Арау”
  • Pampanga: “Aarau”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਰਾਉ”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Aarau”
  • Persian: “ارو، سوئیس”
  • Persian: “ارو”
  • Piemontese: “Aarau”
  • Polish: “Aarau”
  • Portuguese: “Aarau”
  • Pushto: “آراؤ”
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  • Russian: “Аарау” (historical)
  • Russian: “Арау”
  • Scots: “Aarau”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aarau”
  • Serbian: “Арау”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aarau”
  • Sicilian: “Aarau”
  • Slovak: “Aarau”
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  • Somali: “Aarau”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ارو، سوئیس”
  • Spanish: “Aarau”
  • Swahili: “Aarau”
  • Swedish: “Aarau”
  • Swiss German: “Aarau”
  • Swiss German: “Aarou”
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  • Tatar: “Аарау”
  • Tatar: “Арау”
  • Thai: “อาเรา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Aarau”
  • Turkish: “Aarau”
  • Ukrainian: “Аарау”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Aarau”
  • Urdu: “آراو”
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  • Venetian: “Aarau”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Aarau”
  • Welsh: “Aarau”
  • Western Panjabi: “آراؤ”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿劳”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞牢”

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