From here the Aar flows northeast for a long distance, past the ambassador town Solothurn ( below which the Grosse Emme flows in on the right ), Aarburg ( where it is joined by the Wigger ), Olten, Aarau, near which is the junction with the Suhre, and Wildegg, where the Hallwiler Aa falls in on the right.

The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau.

Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura mountains, and is west of Zurich.

The old city of Aarau is situated on a rocky outcrop at a narrowing of the Aar river valley, at the southern foot of the Jura mountains.

The only exception is Unterentfelden whose settlements are divided from Aarau by the extensive forests of Gönhard and Zelgli.

Aarau is first mentioned in 1248 as Arowe.

One characteristic of the city is its painted gables, for which Aarau is sometimes called the " City of beautiful Gables ".

The largest employer in Aarau is the Canton government, the offices of which are distributed across the entire city at numerous locations.

One of the two head offices of the Aargauer Zeitung, Switzerland's fifth largest newspaper, is located in Aarau, as are the Tele M1 television channel studios, and several radio stations.

The urban center lies in the middle of the " Golden Triangle " between Zurich, Bern, and Basel, and Aarau is having increasing difficulty in maintaining the independence of its economic base from the neighboring large cities.

The Aarau fair is held at the ice skating rink during the Spring.

Aarau is a terminal station of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3.

The age distribution,, in Aarau is ; 1, 296 children or 8. 1 % of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1, 334 teenagers or 8. 4 % are between 10 and 19.

The capital is Aarau.

Aarau District is a district in the Swiss Canton of Aargau with administrative capital Aarau encompasses the agglomeration of Aarau south of the Juras.

It is located approximately from the cantonal capital of Aarau ; from Zürich ; and about from Basel.

Buchs is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

It is located near the river Suhre and borders with the municipalities of Aarau, Rohr, Rupperswil and Suhr.

Erlinsbach is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

On 22 March 1798 Aarau was declared the capital of the Helvetic Republic.

Aarau was declared the capital of the new, enlarged canton of Aargau.

* Aarau with capital Aarau

* Aarau becomes the temporary capital of the Helvetic Republic.

The Schweizerische Nordostbahn expanded its Zürich-Baden line to Brugg on September 29, 1856 and the cantonal capital of Aarau on May 15, 1858.

* Aarau with capital Aarau

The municipality is located in the Aarau district on the northern slope of the Staffelegg Pass, a regionally important pass over the Jura Mountains.

On 27 December 1797, the last Tagsatzung of the Old Swiss Confederacy was held in Aarau.

Statistically, Aarau has the most jobs per capita of any Swiss city.

Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner ( August 22, 1867, Aarau – January 24, 1939 ) was a Swiss physician and a pioneer in nutritional research.

They've finished the 2011-12 Season at the 9th place which qualified them to the relegation matches against FC Aarau who they defeated 3-1 on aggregate and stayed in the Swiss Super League.

Hans Herzog ( 28 October 1819, Aarau2 February 1894, Aarau ) was a Swiss army officer, and was elected Switzerland's General during the Franco-Prussian War.

During his playing career as a midfielder, he played for Swiss clubs Schaffhausen, Zürich and Aarau before joining Lazio of Italy and Chelsea of England.

Born in Switzerland to Italian parents from Paglieta, Chieti, Abruzzo, Di Matteo began his career with Swiss club Schaffhausen, before joining Aarau in 1991.

He won the Swiss Nationalliga A with Aarau in 1993 and in the same season achieved Switzerland's Player of the Year award.

Hocine finally signed a one year deal with Swiss club FC Aarau in the summer of 2006.

Following the Napoleonic invasion and collapse of the Swiss Ancien Régime in 1798 Biberstein became part of the District of Aarau in the new Canton Aargau.

Aargauer Zeitung ( English: Aargauer Newspaper ) is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published by AZ Medien Gruppe, Aarau, Aargau.

During the ice ages, the Rhône glacier split into two branches when leaving the Alps, covering the whole western Swiss Plateau reaching today's regions of Solothurn and Aarau.

The peace of Aarau ( 11 August 1712 ) brought more equality in religion, and thus an end to Catholic hegemony in the Swiss Confederation, staying the conflict until the renewed outbreak of civil war in 1847, the Sonderbundskrieg that led to the formation of Switzerland as a federal state.

This led to inter-cantonal religious wars ( Kappeler Kriege ) in 1529 and 1531, because each canton usually made the opposing religion illegal, and to the formation of two diets, the Protestant one meeting in Aarau and the Catholic one in Lucerne ( as well as the formal full diet still meeting usually in Baden ) but the Confederation survived.

Gränichen is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Densbüren is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Biberstein is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

He taught in the canton school at Aarau, farmed from 1847-1854 the estate of Liebenfels in Thurgau, and then retired to Bern, where he lived till his death.