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Bremgarten, Switzerland
Bremgarten is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The medieval old town is listed as a heritage site of national significance.
The area was known before 1140 as Bremgarten, though the city wasn't founded until almost a century later. In 1230, a settlement was founded near the present location of Bremgarten. Then, in 1238/39 it was mentioned as Bremegarten. Bremgarten's population grew rapidly, and it became an important market town with an outstanding Latin school.
Bremgarten has an area, as of 2006, of 11.36 km2 (4.39 sq mi). Of this area, 10.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
The municipality is the capital of the Bremgarten district. The upper city is located on the heights above the Reuss river.
Bremgarten has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 8,415. As of 2008, 21.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 17%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (86.2%), with Albanian being second most common (3.0%) and Italian being third (1.9%).
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