Lenzburg District is a district of the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland, lying at the center of the canton. The district capital is the town of Lenzburg. It has a population of (as of ).
Geography The Lenzburg district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.6% is settled (buildings or roads).
Coat of arms The blazon of the district coat of arms is Argent a Hurt. accessed 18-May-2010
Demographics Bezirk Lenzburg has a population () of . , 19.7% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung accessed 20 January 2010
Economy there were 24,407 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 18,072 or about 74.0% of the residents worked outside the Lenzburg district while 14,959 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 21,294 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen accessed 21 January 2010
Religion From the , 12,952 or 27.9% were Roman Catholic, while 23,937 or 51.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 45 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 accessed 20 January 2010
Education Of the school age population (), there are 3,695 students attending primary school, there are 1,569 students attending secondary school, there are 971 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 12 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.
Municipalities The district contains a total of 20 municipalities:
Coat of arms Municipality Population() Area, km2 Ammerswil 3.19 Boniswil 2.78 Brunegg 1.56 Dintikon 3.73 Egliswil 6.29 Fahrwangen 5.00 Hallwil 2.18 Hendschiken 3.52 Holderbank 2.32 Hunzenschwil 3.27 Lenzburg 11.33 Meisterschwanden 6.86 Möriken-Wildegg 6.62 Niederlenz 3.26 Othmarsingen 4.71 Rupperswil 6.22 Schafisheim 6.33 Seengen 10.35 Seon 9.61 Staufen 3.58 Total 102.75
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