Zurzach District is a district in the Swiss Canton of Aargau. The district capital is Bad Zurzach. It covers the Studenland area and is located in the northeastern part of the canton. It has a population of 35,041 (as of 31 December 2020).^[1]

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District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Aargau
Capital	Bad Zurzach
Area
• Total	129.99 km2 (50.19 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	35,041
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	15

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The Zurzach district has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 129.99 square kilometers (50.19 sq mi). Of this area, 57.08 km² (22.04 sq mi) or 43.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.23 km² (19.78 sq mi) or 39.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 16.62 km² (6.42 sq mi) or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads).^[2] The district is situated around the confluence of the Aare and Rhine.

The Zurzach district has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 35,041.^[1] As of June 2009^[update], 25.7% of the population are foreign nationals.^[3]

In 2000^[update] there were 15,454 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 11,295 or about 73.1% of the residents worked outside the district while 6,024 people commuted into the district for work. There was a total of 10,183 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.^[4]

From the 2000 census^[update], 16,378 or 54.3% were Roman Catholic, while 7,440 or 24.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 65 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.^[2]

Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year^[update]), there are 2,405 students attending primary school, there are 972 students attending secondary school, there are 756 students attending tertiary or university level schooling in the municipality.^[2]