Baden District is a district in the canton of Aargau

Aargau

Aargau is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau .-History:...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. The district capital is the town of Baden

Baden, Switzerland

Baden is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau, on the west bank of the river Limmat, located in the Limmat Valley , northwest of Zürich. It is the seat of the district of Baden...

 and the largest municipality is Wettingen

Wettingen

Wettingen is a residential community in the district of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau. With a population about 20,000, Wettingen is the largest municipality in the canton.-Geography:...

, located in the Limmat Valley

Limmat Valley

The Limmat Valley is a river valley and a region in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau in Switzerland.- Geography :Limmat is the name of a long river located in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau...

 (German: Limmattal). The district has a total of 26 municipalities, an area of 153.09 km² (59.1 sq mi), and a population of about 129,000.

Geography

Baden District has an area, , of 153.09 km² (59.1 sq mi). Of this area, 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.5% is forested. The rest of the land, (22.4%) is settled.

Demographics

Baden District has a population of (as of ).

, there were 6,801 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 26,662 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 15,363 homes with 5 or more persons in the household. The average number of people per household was 2.28 individuals. there were 16,394 single family homes (or 27.4% of the total) out of a total of 59,766 homes and apartments.

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. Of the school age population , there are 8,595 students attending primary school, there are 3,206 students attending secondary school, there are 1,949 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, there are 25 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.

Economy

there were 63,243 residents who worked in the district, while 48,284 residents worked outside the district and 36,923 people commuted into the district for work.

Religion

From the , 54,408 or 46.7% are Roman Catholic, while 32,482 or 27.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Swiss Reformed Church

The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...

. Of the rest of the population, there are 207 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic

Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland

The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...

faith.