Burg is a former municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

As early as 1400, the Zwing und Bann or manor rights were divided evenly between the Teutonic Order and the family of the Schultheiss of Lenzburg.

Of the rest of the land, 0.31 square kilometers (0.12 sq mi) or 33.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

19.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.

[4] The municipality is located in the Kulm district, in the upper Wynental on the eastern slopes of the Stierenberg.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (81.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.8%) and Turkish being third ( 4.2%).

[10] About 53.3% 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).

[8] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.8% of the vote.

[12] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] As of  2007[update], Burg had an unemployment rate of 2.53%.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 276 or 27.9% were Roman Catholic, while 425 or 42.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.