Baden, Switzerland

Baden
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Baden is located in Switzerland
Baden
Baden
Baden is located in Canton of Aargau
Baden
Baden
Coordinates: 47°28′N 8°18′E / 47.467°N 8.300°E / 47.467; 8.300
CountrySwitzerland
CantonAargau
DistrictBaden
Government
 • ExecutiveStadtrat
with 7 members
 • MayorStadtammann (list)
Markus Schneider CVP/PDC
(as of February 2018)
 • ParliamentEinwohnerrat
with 50 members
Area
 • Total
13.17 km2 (5.08 sq mi)
Elevation
381 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total
19,340
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
DemonymBadener
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
5400
SFOS number4021
ISO 3166 codeCH-AG
Surrounded byBirmenstorf, Ennetbaden, Fislisbach, Gebenstorf, Mellingen, Neuenhof, Obersiggenthal, Turgi, Wettingen
Twin townsSighişoara (Romania)
Websitewww.baden.ch
SFSO statistics

Baden (German for "baths"),[3] sometimes unofficially, to distinguish it from other Badens, called Baden bei Zürich ("Baden near Zürich")[4] or Baden im Aargau ("Baden in the Aargau"),[5] is a town and a municipality in Switzerland. It is the main town or seat of the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau. Located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Zürich in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal) mainly on the western side of the river Limmat, its mineral hot springs have been famed since at least the Roman era. Its official language is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local Alemannic Swiss-German dialect. As of 2018 the town had a population of over 19,000.

  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.
  3. ^ Charnock (1859), "Baden", Local Etymology, p. 23
  4. ^ "Baden near Zurich". Google Search. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  5. ^ Murray, Alexander (1998), Suicide in the Middle Ages, Vol. I: The Violent Against Themselves, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 28, ISBN 0-19-820539-2