Bauen

Geschichte

Bauen is a municipality on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Uri.HistoryBauen is first mentioned in 1150 as Bawen.GeographyBauen has an area, of 3.8km2. Of this area, 13.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 74.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 68.3% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 0.8% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 1.8% is used for farming or pastures, while 10.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 2.1% is covered with buildings, 0.5% is industrial, and 0.3% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.3% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.6% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 4.2% is too rocky for vegetation, and 2.6% is other unproductive land.The village lies on the west side of the Urner lake, which is part of the bigger lake Vierwaldstättersee or the Lake of the Four Forest Cantons. Until 1956 the only way to reach the village was over steep footpaths from the neighboring communities.Because of its position on the lake and the Föhn wind, Bauen has a very mild climate.DemographicsBauen has a population of., 8.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -14.1%. Most of the population speaks German (99.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.4%) and Czech being third ( 0.4%). the gender distribution of the population was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.