Unterschächen

Geschichte

Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental.GeographyUnterschächen has an area, of 80.3km2. Of this area, 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (54.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 5.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.3% is covered with buildings, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.5% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 40.4% is too rocky for vegetation, and 13.2% is other unproductive land.DemographicsUnterschächen has a population of., 1.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%. Most of the population speaks German (99.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.1%). the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 95.1% of the vote.In Unterschächen about 37% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).