or ARAU, a circle in the canton of Aargau, in Switzerland, containing the city from which its name is derived, and 12 other places, with 2260 houses and 11,820 inhabitants.

the chief city of the canton of the same name, on the banks of the river Aar, over which there is a covered bridge. It is well built, paved, and, at night, lighted. It has a handsome government house, a church, a hospital, 427 dwellings, and 3100 inhabitants, who are very industrious manufacturers. The chief pursuits are making silk ribbons, spinning and weaving cotton, some tanning and cutlery, bleaching, and casting cannon. It is in Lat. 47. 23. 31. N. Long. 8. 4. 32. E.