Filzbach
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Swiss town
Filzbach is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Filzbach is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.
History
Filzbach is first mentioned in 1394 as Vilentzspach.[1]
Geography
Filzbach has an area, Template:As of, of Template:Convert. Of this area, 35.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 40.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[2]
The municipality is located on a terrace of the Kerenzerberg mountain above the Walensee. Talalpsee and Spaneggsee are located above the lake.
Demographics
Filzbach had a population (as of 2010) of 509. Template:As of, 10.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[3] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.7%. Most of the population (Template:As of) speaks German (92.6%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.3%).[2]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.9% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SPS with 42.5% of the vote.[2]
In Filzbach about 66.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[2]
Filzbach has an unemployment rate of 0.43%. Template:As of, there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 190 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 21 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 418 |
| 1900 | 407 |
| 1950 | 393 |
| 2000 | 542 |
References
External links
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- ↑ a b Template:HDS
- ↑ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 10-Sep-2009
- ↑ Canton Glarus population growth Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 9 September 2009