Schattdorf is a village and a

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in the

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of Uri in

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 ...

History

Schattdorf is first mentioned in 1248 as ''Sachdorf''.

Geography

Schattdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, 33.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (17.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 29.1% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 4.5% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.4% is used for farming or pastures, while 23.4% is used for orchards or vine crops and 9.8% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 4.3% is covered with buildings, 3.5% is industrial, 0.2% is classed as special developments, 0.5% is listed as parks and greenbelts and 2.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.9% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 8.2% is too rocky for vegetation, and 8.7% is other unproductive land.Canton Uri - Ground use statistics
accessed 8 September 2009 The municipality is located along the

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between the Schächenbach and the Reuss. The village is located on the valley floor but stretches up the mountain side to the

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of Haldi which is above sea level.

Demographics

Schattdorf has a population (as of ) of . , 6.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.5%) and Italian being third ( 0.9%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 09-Sep-2009 the gender distribution of the population was 51.0% male and 49.0% female.Uri Population statistics
accessed 8 September 2009 In the

2007 federal election This electoral calendar 2007 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2007 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not ...

the FDP party received 87.6% of the vote. In Schattdorf about 64.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule 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 art ...

''). Schattdorf has an unemployment rate of 0.74%. , there were 125 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 50 businesses involved in this sector. 1,003 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 construc ...

and there are 44 businesses in this sector. 1,075 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 92 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition
accessed 8 September 2009

Notable people

* John Z'graggen, missionary priest and linguistPawley, Andrew. "In Memoriam, John (Hans) Z’graggen, 1932–2013." ''Oceanic Linguistics'' 53, no. 1 (2014): 170-175. .

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Uri