District n.a. SFOS number 1220 Population 447 (31 Dec 2008) | Postal code 6484 Elevation 930 m Local time Sunday 6:47 AM | |
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Gotthard freight at wassen switzerland september 2016 part 2
Wassen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Contents
- Gotthard freight at wassen switzerland september 2016 part 2
- Map of Wassen Switzerland
- Trains in gotthard switzerland wassen station swiss train compilation
- Geography
- Demographics
- References
Map of Wassen, Switzerland
Trains in gotthard switzerland wassen station swiss train compilation
Geography
Wassen has an area, as of 2006, of 97 km2 (37 sq mi). Of this area, 12.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (68.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1993/97 land survey, 9.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 6.8% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.2% is covered with buildings, and 0.8% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.2% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 48.5% is too rocky for vegetation, and 18.3% is other unproductive land.
It is on the Gotthard line and the rail line makes a double loop near Wassen to help the trains deal with the climb. The Susten Pass connects Wassen with Innertkirchen.
Demographics
Wassen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 428. As of 2007, 7.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -16%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (94.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.4%) and Italian being third (1.3%). As of 2007 the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female.
In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 85.9% of the vote.
In Wassen about 53% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Wassen has an unemployment rate of 0.64%. As of 2005, there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 34 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 121 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 18 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: