Baar (surname)
Baar is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Baar, Swabia
Baar is a municipality in Aichach-Friedberg district, in Bavaria, southern Germany.
The municipality covers an area of 16.94 km². Of the total population of 589 are male, and 580 are female (Dec 31, 2003). The population density of the community is 68 inhabitants per km².
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Baar, Switzerland
Baar is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
History
Baar is first mentioned in 1045 as Barra.
Geography
Baar has an area, as of 2006, of 24.8 km2 (9.6 sq mi). Of this area, 55% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the northern portion of the flood plain of the Lorze river. It was originally a linear village along the road between Lake Zug and Lake Zurich. Since the 1960s it has grown rapidly. It consists of the village of Baar and the former hamlets of Allenwinden, Blickensdorf and Inwil, as well as the farm houses of Deinikon.
Demographics
Baar has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 23,228.As of 2007, 24.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 20.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (83.1%), with Italian being second most common (3.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (3.1%).
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