Unterschächen

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Template:Infobox Swiss town Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental.

Geography

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Klausen Pass from the hamlet of Urigen in Unterschächen

Unterschächen has an area, Template:As of, of Template:Convert. Of this area, 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (54.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[1] Template:As of, 5.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.3% is covered with buildings, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.5% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 40.4% is too rocky for vegetation, and 13.2% is other unproductive land.[2]

Demographics

Unterschächen has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations date) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref Template:As of, 1.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%. Most of the population (Template:As of) speaks German (99.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.1%).[1] Template:As of the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.[3]

In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 95.1% of the vote.[1]

In Unterschächen about 37% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[1]

Unterschächen has an unemployment rate of 0.22%. Template:As of, there were 138 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 51 businesses involved in this sector. 7 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 66 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector.[1]

The historical population is given in the following table:[4]

year population
1970 665
1980 652
1990 689
2000 764
2005 746
2007 730

Weather

Unterschächen has an average of 155.5 days of rain per year and on average receives Template:Convert of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Unterschächen receives an average of Template:Convert of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.8 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is July, with an average of 16, but with only Template:Convert of precipitation. The driest month of the year is October with an average of Template:Convert of precipitation over 14.8 days.[5]

References

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  1. a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 09-Sep-2009
  2. Canton Uri - Ground use statistics Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2009
  3. Uri Population statistics Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2009
  4. Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2009
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