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.

Aarau (, locally ) is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau.

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.

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

In March 1528 the citizens of Aarau allowed the introduction of Protestantism at the urging of the Bernese.

Early forms of industry developed at this time ; however, unlike in other cities, no guilds were formed in Aarau.

In 1811, the brothers Johann Rudolf ( 1768 – 1825 ) and Hieronymus Meyer, sons of Johann Rudolf Meyer ( 1739 – 1813 ), the head of a rich merchant family of Aarau, with several servants and a porter picked up at Guttannen, having reached the Valais by way of the Grimsel, crossed the Beich Pass, a glacier pass over the Oberaletsch Glacier, to the head of the Lötschen valley.

He studied at Breslau, Jena and Bonn, and after living for some time in Aarau and Heidelberg finally settled in Stuttgart, where, from 1830 to 1838, he had a seat in the Württemberg Diet.

The connections to Aarau and Zürich are very good: four trains per hour stop at the local station.

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.

In 1892 Karrer's family returned to Switzerland where he was educated at Wildegg and at the grammar school in Lenzburg, Aarau, where he matriculated in 1908.

After a season at Aarau he moved to German side SSV Ulm 1846, newly promoted to the second division.

Rufer would play in Switzerland in the following seven years, also representing FC Aarau and Grasshopper Club Zürich: whilst at the former, he topped the scoring charts at 21 in the 1987 – 88 season, helping his club to the fourth place.

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.

The second part of Naldjorlak for the two basset-horn players Carole Robinson and Bruno Martinez, was created in September 2007 at the Aarau Festival ( Switzerland ).

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.

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.

Rituale, Zaubertränke und visionäre Kunst aus Amazonien, Aarau, Switzerland: AT, 2006.

At the beginning of 2010 Rohr became a suburb of Aarau.

Aarau and the nearby neighboring municipalities have grown together and now form an interconnected agglomeration.

A few artifacts from the Neolithic period were found in Aarau.

Aarau was founded around AD 1240 by the counts of Kyburg.

He granted Aarau its city rights in 1283.

Aarau capitulated after a short resistance, and was forced to swear allegiance to the new rulers.

Starting in the early 18th century, the textile industry was established in Aarau.

These highly educated immigrants were also responsible for educational reform and the enlightened, revolutionary spirit that developed in Aarau.

The contrast between a high level of education and a low level of political rights was particularly great in Aarau, and the city refused to send troops to defend the Bernese border.

By Mid-March 1798 Aarau was occupied by French troops.

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.

The textile industry in Aarau broke down in about 1850 because of the protectionist tariff policies of neighboring states.

During the 1980s many of the industries left Aarau completely.