Canton	Aargau
District	Bremgarten
Coordinates	47°21′ N 8°22′ E
Population	4418   (December 2004)
Area	5.38 km²
Elevation	554 m
Postal code	8965
Mayor
Website	www.berikon.ch

Berikon is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The lengthy village lies on a hill over Reussvalley, beside Mutschellen-Passhöhe. This municipality is bounded by Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg, Widen (pronunciationL: vee-din), and Zufikon. Berikon has a school and the nearest Kantonsschule (canton school), a secondary school, is in Wohlen. Image File history File links Wappen von Berikon, Kanton Aargau Coat of arms of Berikon, Canton Aargau Blason de Berikon, canton dArgovie von/by/par Voyager File links The following pages link to this file: Berikon ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Aargau (German Aargau, French Argovie, Italian Argovia, Romansh Argovia, in English sometimes Argovia) is one of the more northerly Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... Bremgarten is a Swiss district in the Canton of Aargau, that is essentially the area of the northern Freiamt in the valleys of Reuss and Bünz that are covered. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August _ September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International dUnités). ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Several communes have the name Bremgarten: in Germany Bremgarten (Breisgau)) and Bremgarten (Markgräflerland), both in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg in Switzerland Bremgarten bei Bern, in the Canton of Bern Bremgarten AG, in the Canton of Aargau Bremgarten, a district in the Canton of Aargau This is a disambiguation page... The River Reuss is one of the larger rivers in Switzerland. ...

History

Berikon was mentioned for the first time in 1153 as a court place "Berchheim". The name of the place changed its name with the time, of Berchheim über Bergheim, Berchan, Berkein to Berikon. Events January 6 - Henry of Anjou arrives in England. ...

In 1415 Berikon was divided into Niederberikon and Oberberikon. In 1798 both municipalities came to the short-lived Canton of Baden. During the establishment of the Canton of Aargau in 1803, the two municipalities were reunited and joined the district of Bremgarten. Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bremgarten is a city in the Canton of Aargau in central Switzerland. ...

In 1902, the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn was opened and Berikon received a connection to the outside world. Until far in the 20th century Berikon was a rural village populated 900 inhabitants in 1950 with a boom of construction activity. Within thirty years the total population increased. Berikon grew together with the neighbour municipalities and is today part of the Agglomeration of Zurich. 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn (BD) is a privately-owned railway company in Switzerland. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Population

• 1850: 549
• 1900: 701
• 1950: 900
• 1970: 1,593
• 2000: 4,358
• 2003: 4,438

1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Administration

The meeting, the Legislativgewalt exercises authorities. Implementing authority is the local council. the term is for four years In addition it carries out the resolutions of the municipality meeting and the tasks, which is assigned by the canton and the Swiss federation.

Economics

The Mutschellen has 2,000 jobs in small and middle enterprises. The majority of the employees works however in the city of Zurich or conveniently close in Limmattal (Dietikon and Schlieren, (Spreitenbach). General view showing Grossmünster church. ... The Limmat is a river in Switzerland which rises in the city of Zürich at the north end of Lake Zürich and flows in northwestern direction until it flows after 35 km into the river Aare north of the small town of Brugg and shortly after the mouth... Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zurich (state of Zurich), just after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. ...

Transportation

The Berikon Widen station connecting the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn lies accurately on the Mutschellen pass. A Postauto line operates between Baden and Zurich at the Wiedikon station. The road named Wohlen-Bremgarten-Dietikon, which passes across the Mutschellen, is one of the most-used roads of Switzerland. The Urdorf freeway is 7 km away. The Zurich by-pass of the N4 superhighway is under construction Birmensdorf will develop a favorably-convenient freeway connection. The Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn (BD) is a privately-owned railway company in Switzerland. ... Baden old town Baden is a town in the Swiss canton of Aargau, on the left bank of the river Limmat, 25 km N.W. of Zürich. ... General view showing Grossmünster church. ...