Steinen (Schwytz)

Geschichte

Steinen is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.GeographySteinen has an area, of 11.9km2. Of this area, 52.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (14.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).It is located between Rossberg and Lake Lauerz.DemographicsSteinen has a population of., 7.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.8%. Most of the population speaks German (94.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.1%).the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. The age distribution, in Steinen is; 801 people or 28.9% of the population is between 0 and 19. 914 people or 32.9% are 20 to 39, and 746 people or 26.9% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 188 people or 6.8% are 65 to 74. There are 87 people or 3.1% who are 70 to 79 and 39 people or 1.41% of the population who are over 80.there are 1,033 households, of which 269 households (or about 26.0%) contain only a single individual. 95 or about 9.2% are large households, with at least five members.In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (32.7%), the SPS (13.3%) and the FDP (8.9%).