Baar, Switzerland

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Baar
municipality_name = Baar
municipality_type = city
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languages = German
canton = Zug
iso-code-region = CH-ZG
district = n.a.
lat_d=47|lat_m=12|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=31|long_EW=E
postal_code = 6340
municipality_code = 1701
area = 24.8
elevation = 443|elevation_description=
population = 21905|populationof = August 2008
website = www.baar.ch
mayor = Andreas Hotz|mayor_asof=2008|mayor_party=
mayor_title = Gemeindepräsident|list_of_mayors =
places = Allenwinden, Blickensdorf, Deinikon, Inwil bei Baar, Neuägeri, Sihlbrugg Dorf, Walterswil
demonym =
neighboring_municipalities= Hausen am Albis (ZH), Kappel am Albis (ZH), Menzingen, Neuheim, Steinhausen, Unterägeri, Zug
twintowns = |

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

It is known for having what many consider the best bowling alley in Zug and the International School of Zug, or ISOZ.

Industry

From 1980 to 2006, it was also home to LEGO Produktion AG, a toy manufacturing plant owned by the LEGO Group where some LEGO parts, especially those for the LEGO TECHNIC building sets, were manufactured. In 2006, the LEGO Group announced a restructuring of the current production setup including the outsourcing of some of the production work to Flextronics, a Singaporean electronics company. cite web |publisher= LEGO.com |url=http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=20727&countrycode=2057&yearcode=2006&archive=true |title=LEGO Group to outsource major parts of its production to Flextronics | accessdate=12 May | accessyear=2007] LEGO Produktion AG in Baar was to be shut down and its operations moved to a plant now owned by Flextronics in Kladno, Czech Republic. LEGO TECHNIC parts would still be manufactured in the headquarters at Billund, Denmark, which then had a workforce of 3,000.cite web |publisher= International Herald Tribune |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/21/business/lego.php |title= Lego to move operations out of Denmark and U.S. | accessdate=12 May | accessyear=2007]

Its is also home to the Marshall residence

References

External links

* [http://www.baar.ch/de Official website] de icon
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