Riedern is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the canton of

Glarus , neighboring_municipalities= Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd, Muotathal (SZ), Innerthal (SZ) , twintowns= Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany) } Glarus (; gsw, Glaris; french: Glaris; it, Glarona; rm, Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in S ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Effective from 1 January 2011, Riedern is part of the municipality of

History

Riedern is first mentioned in 1350 as ''Riedern''.

Geography

Riedern has an area, , of . Of this area, 23.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Riedern is at the entrance to the '' Klöntal'' and is north-west of

Demographics

Riedern had a population (as of 2010) of 734. , 16.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Canton Glarus population growth
accessed 9 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (82.3%), with Italian being second most common ( 8.4%) and Turkish being third ( 4.5%).
accessed 14-Sep-2009 In the

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the most popular party was the

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which received 49% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 39.6% of the vote. About 62.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

''). Riedern has an unemployment rate of 2.31%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 41 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...

and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 35 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

, with 13 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

{{Authority control Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus