Schübelbach is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
in
March District
March District is a district in Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The coat of arms
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in the
canton of Schwyz
The canton of Schwyz (german: Kanton Schwyz rm, Chantun Sviz; french: Canton de Schwytz; it, Canton Svitto) is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred o ...
in
Switzerland.
Geography
Schübelbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
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Demographics
Schübelbach has a population (as of ) of . , 25.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[ Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (85.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.6%).][Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 02-Sep-2009
the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The age distribution, , in Schübelbach is; 2,040 people or 29.0% of the population is between 0 and 19. 2,146 people or 30.5% are 20 to 39, and 2,158 people or 30.7% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 383 people or 5.4% are 65 to 74. There are 217 people or 3.1% who are 70 to 79 and 86 people or 1.22% of the population who are over 80. There are 2 people who are over 100 years old in Schübelbach.[Canton Schwyz Statistics]
accessed 27 August 2009
there are 2,692 households, of which 768 households (or about 28.5%) contain only a single individual. 224 or about 8.3% are large households, with at least five members.[
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (15.2%), the FDP (15.1%) and the ]