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Aargau

(German ˈaːrɡau)
n
(Placename) a canton in N Switzerland. Capital: Aarau. Pop: 556 200 (2002 est). Area: 1404 sq km (542 sq miles). French name: Argovie
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Aar•gau

(ˈɑr gaʊ)

n.
a canton in N Switzerland. 528,887; 542 sq. mi. (1400 sq. km). Cap.: Aarau. French, Argovie.
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The 18 chorales are here played on the organ of the Stiftskirche, Muri (Canton Aargau, Switzerland), by the Swiss organist Jean-Claude Zehnder, a pupil of Anton Heiller and Gustav Leonhardt.
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Alfredo (Freddy) was born in 1964 in Granichen, a municipality of Canton Aargau. As a small child, he marvelled wide-eyed at his family's performance on the tightrope--his father, mother and elder brother demonstrating their skills At the age of four, when he was steady enough on his feet, he too started to learn the skills of the family trade and became a master of the tightrope, "I first practised at 50 centimetres above the ground; later, I advanced to a height of 2.50 metres," Nock remembers "To me, that was already high.
However, the annual letters from the health insurers are now in and many of us are still in shock Some insurers have raised their premiums by over 30 per cent in Zurich--and up to 80 per cent in Canton Aargau. When the numbers don't add up, use www.comparis.ch to compare the rates charged by various providers