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Bezirk Brugg

Aargau

Bezirk Brugg is one of 11 districts of the canton of Aargau and comprises 19 municipalities with 51'955 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Votes in Bezirk Brugg

district results as published by BFS
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
28.2% YesNo 71.8%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes
57.0% YesNo 43.0%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
49.2% YesNo 50.8%
14.06.2026Aargauische Volksinitiative "Bildungsqualität sichern – JETZT!" vom 28. August 2024Cantonal AG● Rejected · 42.6% Yes
44.0% YesNo 56.1%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes
48.0% YesNo 52.0%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes
40.4% YesNo 59.6%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes
35.3% YesNo 64.7%
All federal votes →
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP33.0% · strongest party
SVP33.0%
SP17.2%
FDP14.1%
Mitte10.3%
GLP8.6%
GRÜNE8.3%
EVP4.3%
Übrige2.8%
EDU1.1%
PdA/Sol.0.2%
Habsburg
82 %
median of its municipalities
109 %
Rüfenach
123 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 82 % % in Habsburg to 123 % % in Rüfenach (median 109 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 11.6 % in Habsburg to 13.8 % in Rüfenach (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
1.37 %
Dwellings
24'376
Avg. rooms
3.9
Built before 1946
20.1%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+515 +1%
births
474
deaths
396
net migration
+467
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
28'426
Workplaces
3'166
Services share
78.4 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 814 (2.9%) · Secondary 5'325 (18.7%) · Tertiary 22'287 (78.4%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
225
Organic share
8.4 %
Farmland
4'937 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.7 °C
Precipitation
1'016 mm
Elevation
325–800 m
Flat share
39.5%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
402 GWh
Electricity
27.2 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
62 min
Road to centre
46 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (24.183–29.855 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Brugg?
Bezirk Brugg comprises 19 municipalities: Brugg, Windisch, Birr, Hausen, Lupfig, Schinznach, Villigen, Auenstein, Bözberg, Veltheim, Riniken, Remigen, Mülligen, Birrhard, Thalheim, Rüfenach, Habsburg, Mönthal, Mandach. Together they have 51'955 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Brugg in?
Bezirk Brugg lies in the canton of Aargau, which is divided into 11 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Brugg?
Bezirk Brugg has 51'955 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 19 municipalities; the largest is Brugg with 13'615.
Does Bezirk Brugg have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Brugg the municipal rate ranges from 82 % (Habsburg) to 123 % (Rüfenach).
How did Bezirk Brugg vote in the latest federal vote?
On 27.09.2026, Bezirk Brugg voted 26.3 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.