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

Of the rest of the land, 0.39 square kilometers (0.15 sq mi) or 11.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 1.6%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Scherz is; 76 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 77 teenagers or 12.5% are between 10 and 19.

[7] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.6% of the vote.

[9] The historical population is given in the following table:[8] As of  2007[update], Scherz had an unemployment rate of 1.89%.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 129 or 22.4% were Roman Catholic, while 319 or 55.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.