Schwändi is a village, and 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 municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

History

Schwändi is first mentioned in 1350 as ''Swendi''. On 1 January 2011, Schwändi became part of the new municipality of

Glarus Süd Glarus Süd is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It comprises the upper Linth valley, and the entire Sernf valley, and includes the villages of Betschwanden, Braunwald, Diesbach, Elm, Engi, Haslen, Hätzingen, Leuggelbach, Lin ...

Geography

The village of Sool is situated at an elevation of on the west side of the valley of the

Linth river The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich. It is about in length. The water power of the Linth ...

. The villages of Schwanden and

Mitlödi Mitlödi is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. History Mitlödi is first mentioned in 1320 as ''Mitlodi''. The coat of arms was officially adopted in 1939. It displays a s ...

lie below it, by the river. Schwändi has an area, as defined by the former municipal boundaries in 2006, of . The area extends to the west of the village to the peak of the

Vorder Glärnisch The Vorder Glärnisch (2,327 m) is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the canton of Glarus. It lies north-east of the higher Glärnisch The Glärnisch is a mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooki ...

(). Of this area, 33% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (35.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Transport

The

Sernftalbus The Autobetrieb Sernftal AG is a bus operating company in the Swiss canton of Glarus. The company operates under the trading name of Sernftalbus. The company is the successor to the company that operated the Sernftal tramway between Schwanden and ...

operates an hourly bus service linking Schwändi with

Schwanden railway station Schwanden railway station (german: Bahnhof Schwanden) is a railway station in the municipality of Glarus Süd in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It is an intermediate stop on the Weesen to Linthal railway line, and serves the village of Schwanden ...

. At Schwanden railway station, a connecting railway service runs to the capital of the canton of Glarus, the town of Glarus.

Demographics

Schwändi has a population (as of ) of . , 8.4% 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 10.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.7%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and English being third ( 0.5%).
accessed 14-Sep-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 most popular party was the SPS which received 64.8% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 29.7% of the vote. In Schwändi about 79.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a '' Fachhochschule''). Schwändi has an unemployment rate of 1.41%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 10 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 constructi ...

and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 15 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 7 businesses in this sector.

References

External links

*
''Schwändi''
from the Glarus Süd municipal web site (in German) *
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwandi Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus