Birrhard is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

It is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) south east of the town of Brugg.

Of the rest of the land, 0.37 square kilometers (0.14 sq mi) or 12.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 1.7% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is made up of the communities of Ausserdorf, Unterdorf (both part of the linear village of Birrhard) and the hamlets of Inlauf.

Just to the east of the town the plain drops about 50 meters (160 ft) to the banks of the Reuss river.

The Reuss forms the eastern boundary of the municipality, and, in this area, flows through a valley about 100 meters (330 ft) wide.

Neighboring municipalities are Mülligen to the north, Birmenstorf to the east, Wohlenschwil and Mägenwil to the south, Brunegg to the south-east and Birr and Lupfig to the west.

[9] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Birrhard is; 63 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 83 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19.

[11] About 74.3% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 226 or 33.2% were Roman Catholic, while 351 or 51.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.