Seedorf, Uri
Seedorf | |
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Coordinates: 46°52′N 8°36′E / 46.867°N 8.600°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Uri |
District | n.a. |
Area | |
• Total | 15.48 km2 (5.98 sq mi) |
Elevation | 452 m (1,483 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 1,858 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 6462 |
SFOS number | 1214 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-UR |
Surrounded by | Altdorf, Attinghausen, Flüelen, Isenthal |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
Seedorf is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Geography
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Seedorf has an area, as of 2006[update], of 15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi). Of this area, 19.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 40.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (34.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[3] In the 1993/97 land survey[update], 38.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 0.7% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.3% is used for farming or pastures, while 9.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.0% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 2.0% is covered with buildings, 0.1% is industrial, 0.3% is classed as special developments, 0.8% is listed as parks and greenbelts and 2.2% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.3% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.6% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 21.6% is too rocky for vegetation, and 11.4% is other unproductive land.[4]
Demographics
Seedorf has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,876.[5] As of 2007[update], 4.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (97.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.3%).[3] As of 2007[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.[6]
In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 91.1% of the vote.[3]
In Seedorf about 67.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[3]
Seedorf has an unemployment rate of 0.5%. As of 2005[update], there were 77 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 156 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 20 businesses in this sector. 119 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 34 businesses in this sector.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:[7]
year | population |
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1970 | 1,049 |
1980 | 1,271 |
1990 | 1,518 |
2000 | 1,509 |
2005 | 1,587 |
2007 | 1,663 |
References
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 09-Sep-2009
- ^ Canton Uri - Ground use statistics (in German) accessed 8 September 2009
- ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Uri Population statistics (in German) accessed 8 September 2009
- ^ Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition (in German) accessed 8 September 2009
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