Aarau

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cantonal capital municipality town

Aarau is a historic Swiss town and the capital of the canton of Aargau, known for its well-preserved old town and location near the Aare River.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
old town of Aarau	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cantonal capital ⓘ municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
cantonCode	AG ⓘ
capitalOf	canton of Aargau NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
countryCode	CH ⓘ
distanceToBasel_km	about 50 ⓘ
distanceToZurich_km	about 40 ⓘ
elevation_m	about 380 ⓘ
foundedInCentury	13th century ⓘ
governingBody	municipal council of Aarau ⓘ
hasBridge	Aare bridges in Aarau ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	Aarau self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: old town of Aarau
hasInstitution	Aargau cantonal court ⓘ Aargau cantonal government ⓘ Aargau cantonal parliament ⓘ
hasMuseum	Aargauer Kunsthaus ⓘ Naturama Aargau ⓘ
hasOldTown	yes ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Aarau railway station ⓘ
hasSportsClub	FC Aarau ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Neuenburg am Rhein ⓘ Grindavík ⓘ surface form: Reykjanesbær Voghera ⓘ
historicStatus	medieval town ⓘ
knownFor	historic architecture ⓘ painted gables ⓘ well-preserved old town ⓘ
localDialect	Swiss German ⓘ
locatedIn	canton of Aargau NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Swiss Plateau ⓘ northern Switzerland ⓘ
locatedNear	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Aare ⓘ
nickname	Stadt der schönen Giebel ⓘ
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
postalCode	5000 ⓘ
primaryReligion	Christianity ⓘ
railwayStationType	intercity railway hub ⓘ
servedAsCapitalFrom	1798 ⓘ
servedAsCapitalUntil	1803 ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	AG ⓘ
wasOnce	de facto capital of the Helvetic Republic ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Plateau → contains → Aarau ⓘ

Aare → flowsThrough → Aarau ⓘ

Aarau → hasHeritageSite → Aarau self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: old town of Aarau