Aigle (district)
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Aigle District District d'Aigle |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Vaud
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| Capital | Aigle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 434.99 km2 (167.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 44,498 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 15 |
Aigle District is a district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Aigle has an area, as of 2009[update], of 434.99 square kilometers (167.95 sq mi). Of this area, 147.87 km2 (57.09 sq mi) or 34.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 179.6 km2 (69.3 sq mi) or 41.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.47 km2 (11.76 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 77.07 km2 (29.76 sq mi) or 17.7% is unproductive land.
Aigle has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 44,498.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (28,451 or 80.7%), with German being second most common (1,268 or 3.6%) and Portuguese being third (884 or 2.5%). There are 848 people who speak Italian and 12 people who speak Romansh.
Of the population in the district 9,782 or about 27.8% were born in Aigle and lived there in 2000. There were 8,375 or 23.8% who were born in the same canton, while 5,629 or 16.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 9,818 or 27.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In 2008[update] there were 239 live births to Swiss citizens and 126 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 277 deaths of Swiss citizens and 25 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 38 while the foreign population increased by 101. There were 7 Swiss men and 10 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 424 non-Swiss men and 489 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 467 and the non-Swiss population increased by 617 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.9%.
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