Innerthal

Geschichte

Innerthal is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.HistoryInnerthal is first mentioned in 1259 as Wegental. Until 1888 it was known as Hinterwäggithal.GeographyInnerthal has an area of 50.2km2. Of this area, 34.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (30.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located on Wägitalersee, a reservoir in the upper Wägital.DemographicsInnerthal has a population of., 2.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5%. Most of the population speaks German (97.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Rhaeto-romance being third ( 0.6%).the gender distribution of the population was 48.5% male and 51.5% female. The age distribution, in Innerthal is; 46 people or 27.5% of the population is between 0 and 19. 44 people or 26.3% are 20 to 39, and 56 people or 33.5% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 15 people or 9.0% are 65 to 74. There are 6 people or 3.6% who are 70 to 79 and no one is over 80.there are 64 households, of which 13 households (or about 20.3%) contain only a single individual. 5 or about 7.8% are large households, with at least five members.In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 54.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (28.3%), the FDP (13.8%) and the SPS (2.5%).