Seedorf (Uri)

Geschichte

Seedorf is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.GeographySeedorf has an area, of 15.5km2. 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)., 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.DemographicsSeedorf has a population of., 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 speaks German (97.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.3%). the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 91.1% of the vote.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).