Aristau

municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q64752
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Summary

Aristau is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Aristau ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Muri District[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Reuss[6]
  • Official language: German[7]
  • Shares border with: Besenbüren[8], Boswil[9], Jonen[10], Merenschwand[11], Muri[12], Ottenbach[13]
  • Postal code: 5628[14]
  • Part of: RPV Oberes Freiamt[15]
  • Commons category: Aristau[16]
  • Licence plate code: AG[17]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[18], UTC+02:00[19]
  • Local dialing code: 056[20]
  • Official website: http://www.aristau.ch[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aristau[22]
  • Population: 1436[23], 1498[24]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/4222[25]
  • Official name: Aristau[26]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Aristau[27]
  • Elevation above sea level: 400 m[28], 387 m[29]
  • Area: 8.64 km²[30]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[31]

Why It Matters

Aristau has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Aristau is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Reuss
    Topic's main category → Category:Aristau
    Official language → German
    Member of → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Aristau Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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