Baar

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Baar

Total population

23,557

Coordinates47.20°, 8.53°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Baar is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Roman Bürgi

Swiss politician

Heinz Theiler

G

Gregor Bruhin

S

Silvia Kistler

Swiss architect, active in Biel

C

Christoph Affentranger

Swiss architect and author

C

Connie Hüsser

J

Johann Jost Hiltensperger

Swiss engraver (1711-1792)

E

Etienne Schumpf

T

Thomas Linck

V

Vreni Spieser

artist

E

Eva Hartmann

Associate Professor, Sociology of Education, Political and Global Sociology

M

Martin Spillmann

H

Hans-Ulrich Doerig

A

Albin Kenel

H

Hans Binder

E

Etienne Sandro Schwyter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zug

• Inwil
  0.9 mi away
• Arbach
  1.4 mi away
• Zug
  1.9 mi away · pop. 29,251
• Steinhausen
  1.9 mi away · pop. 9,258
• Edlibach
  2.3 mi away
• Neuheim
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,920
• Allenwinden
  2.6 mi away
• Cham
  3.1 mi away
• Menzingen
  3.2 mi away · pop. 4,495
• Oberwil
  3.3 mi away
• Hagendorn
  4.4 mi away
• Holzhäusern
  4.9 mi away · pop. 662

Browse all places in Zug →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Baar

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Seen 2026-10-16

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-10-15

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-10-14

Silver-sided Sector Spider

Zygiella x-notata

Seen 2026-10-14

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-10-14

common ivy

Hedera helix

Seen 2026-10-13

Purple Toadflax

Linaria purpurea

Seen 2026-10-13

Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Seen 2026-10-13

Spindle

Euonymus europaeus

Seen 2026-10-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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