Turgi

Turgi is a former municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

In 2002, Turgi received the Wakker Prize for the preservation of its architectural heritage.

Of the rest of the land, 42.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bend sinister wavy Argent between a Cog Wheel Sable in chief and Ear of Wheat Or bendwise sinister in base.

[4] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Turgi is; 332 children or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 298 teenagers or 10.4% are between 10 and 19.

[4] Turgi railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S12.

From the 2000 census[update], 1,043 or 43.5% are Roman Catholic, while 585 or 24.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Turgi
Turgi
Aerial view (1958)
Swiss Reformed Church of Turgi