Kulm District is a district in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It is located west of Lake Hallwil and covers parts of the Wyna and Suhre valleys. The principal town is Unterkulm; the largest municipality is Reinach. The district contains 16 municipalities, is 101.35 km2 in area and has a population of (as of ).
Geography Kulm district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads).
Demographics The Kulm district has a population () of . , 22.6% of the population are foreign nationals.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau -Bereich 01 -Bevölkerung accessed 20 January 2010
Economy there were 18,062 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 12,740 or about 70.5% of the residents worked outside the district while 7,159 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 12,481 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau-Bereich 11 Verkehr und Nachrichtenwesen accessed 21 January 2010
Religion From the , 8,159 or 22.7% were Roman Catholic, while 19,512 or 54.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 30 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.Statistical Department of Canton Aargau - Aargauer Zahlen 2009 accessed 20 January 2010
Education Of the school age population (), there are 2,711 students attending primary school, there are 1,174 students attending secondary school, there are 755 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 12 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.
Municipalities Coat of arms Municipality name Population() Area in km2 Beinwil am See 5.78 Birrwil 5.53 Dürrenäsch 5.91 Gontenschwil 9.74 Holziken 2.86 Leimbach 1.14 Leutwil 3.75 Menziken 7.32 Oberkulm 9.40 Reinach 9.48 Schlossrued 7.25 Schmiedrued 8.65 Schöftland 6.28 Teufenthal 3.57 Unterkulm 8.88 Zetzwil 5.81
Mergers The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000: On 1 January 2023 the municipality of Burg merged into Menziken.
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