Dallenwil

Geschichte

Dallenwil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.HistoryDallenwil is first mentioned about 1199-1210 as Tellewilare or Telliwilare. In 1850 it was known as Thalwyl and it wasn't until 1913 that it became Dallenwil.GeographyDallenwil has an area, of 15.5km2. Of this area, 53.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located along the old cantonal highway from Stans to Wolfenschiessen and around the parish church.DemographicsDallenwil has a population of., 7.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.8%. Most of the population speaks German (95.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.7%). the gender distribution of the population was 51.0% male and 49.0% female.there are 607 households, of which 336 households (or about 55.4%) contain only one or two individuals. 82 or about 13.5% are large households, with at least five members.In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 81.6% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (15.1%).