Geltwil

Also known as Geltwil AG

Geltwil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Geltwil
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Geltwil 192.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Geltwil COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Geltwil Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Aargau
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-AG
Swiss town.district: Muri
Swiss town.postal_code: 5637
Swiss town.municipality_code: 4232
Swiss town.area: 3.28
Swiss town.elevation: 681
Swiss town.population: 180
Swiss town.populationof: December 2006
Swiss town.popofyear: 2006
Swiss town.website: www.geltwil.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Beinwil (Freiamt), Benzenschwil, Buttwil, Muri, Müswangen (LU)

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Official name: Geltwil
Population: 215
Area: 3.28
Elevation: 656
Official website: www.geltwil.ch
Image: Geltwil 192.jpg
Dialing code: 056
Licence plate code: AG

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Commons category: Geltwil
postal code: 5637
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/4232
P8168: Wettenhausen Abbey

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Geltwil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|Battle of Geltwil during the Sonderbund war The earliest trace of human settlement near Geltwil is a Roman era villa. The modern municipality of Geltwil is first mentioned in 1160 as Geltwile. The history of Geltwil was always closely connected with Muri Abbey. In the 13th century the main part of the land was given by Habsburgs to the abbey. Even after the conquest of the Aargau in 1415 the village belonged the Muri district.