Bad Zurzach

Bad Zurzach
Coat of arms of Bad Zurzach
Location of Bad Zurzach
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Bad Zurzach is located in Switzerland
Bad Zurzach
Bad Zurzach
Bad Zurzach is located in Canton of Aargau
Bad Zurzach
Bad Zurzach
Coordinates: 47°36′N 8°18′E / 47.600°N 8.300°E / 47.600; 8.300
CountrySwitzerland
CantonAargau
DistrictZurzach
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 5 members
 • MayorGemeindeammann
Reto S. Fuchs Ind.
(as of 2013)
 • ParliamentNone (Gemeindeversammlung)
Area
 • Total6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Elevation
(Hauptstrasse/Schwertgasse)
340 m (1,120 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total4,344
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
5330
SFOS number4323
ISO 3166 codeCH-AG
Surrounded byDöttingen, Klingnau, Küssaberg (DE-BW), Rekingen, Rietheim, Tegerfelden
Websitewww.badzurzach.ch
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Bad Zurzach is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and Wislikofen merged into the new municipality of Zurzach.

Bad Zurzach was previously known as Zurzach; the population voting for the official name change in a referendum of 21 May 2006. Located on the Rhine, Bad Zurzach has a thermal water bath and an outdoor bathing facility. The old market town, the St. Verena convent church with its treasure, the Roman Catholic Church and the late Roman castle Tenedo on the Kirchlibuck hill are listed as heritage sites of national significance.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.