Wassen
Template:Infobox Swiss town Wassen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Geography
since 2006[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Wassen has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 12.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (68.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[1] In the 1993/97 land survey[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 9.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 6.8% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.2% is covered with buildings, and 0.8% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.2% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 48.5% is too rocky for vegetation, and 18.3% is other unproductive land.[2]
It is on the Gotthard line and the rail line makes a double loop near Wassen to help the trains deal with the climb. The Susten Pass connects Wassen with Innertkirchen.
Sights
The Gottardo-Weitwanderweg (long-distance hiking trail) between Erstfeld and Biasca was opened for the 125th anniversary of the Gotthard Railway. Panels at over 50 places, including Wassen, provide information on the Gotthard Region and its railway. Waterworld educational and experience trail is a Script error: No such module "convert". long network of trails in nearby Göscheneralptal with 90 stations devoted to the theme of water. The Schöllenen Gorge is a gorge, over which, according to legend, a bridge could only be built with the help of the devil. The Pfaffensprung crystal caves is a Script error: No such module "convert". long crystal cave. It is the second largest crystal cave in Switzerland and has provided large quantities of mountain crystals for centuries. Accessible with a guide.[3]
Demographics
Wassen has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations date) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 7.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -16%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (94.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.4%) and Italian being third (1.3%).[1] since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 85.9% of the vote.[1]
In Wassen about 53% 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]
Wassen has an unemployment rate of 0.64%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 34 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 121 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 18 businesses in this sector.[1]
The historical population is given in the following table:[5]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 764 |
| 1980 | 671 |
| 1990 | 545 |
| 2000 | 465 |
| 2005 | 466 |
| 2007 | 456 |
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 09-Sep-2009
- ↑ Canton Uri - Ground use statistics Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2009
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- ↑ Uri Population statistics Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2009
- ↑ Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2009
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