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Attinghausen
Coat of arms of Attinghausen
Location of Attinghausen
Map
CountrySwitzerland
CantonUri
Districtn.a.
Area
 • Total
46.89 km2 (18.10 sq mi)
Elevation
469 m (1,539 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total
1,725
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6468
SFOS number1203
ISO 3166 codeCH-UR
Surrounded byAltdorf, Bürglen, Engelberg (OW), Erstfeld, Isenthal, Schattdorf, Seedorf, Wassen
Websitewww.attinghausen.ch
SFSO statistics

Attinghausen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

History

Attinghausen is first mentioned in 1240 as Attingenhusen.[3]

Geography

Attinghausen has an area, as of 2006, of 46.8 km2 (18.1 sq mi). Of this area, 35.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (45.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4] In the 1993/97 land survey, 13.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.9% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 30.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.9% is covered with buildings, 0.4% is classed as special developments, and 0.3% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.9% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 36.1% is too rocky for vegatation, and 8.4% is other unproductive land.[5]

The municipality is located around a bridge over the Reuss river.

Demographics

Attinghausen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,747.[6] As of 2007, 4.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (96.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.7%) and Dutch being third ( 0.5%).[4] As of 2007 the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female.[7]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Attinghausen about 71.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[4]

Attinghausen has an unemployment rate of 0.53%. As of 2005, there were 102 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 44 businesses involved in this sector. 80 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 10 businesses in this sector. 153 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.[4]

The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
1743 354
1799 484
1850 516
1900 528
1950 993
2000 1,487

References

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Attinghausen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b c d Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 08-Sep-2009
  5. ^ Canton Uri - Ground use statistics Template:De icon accessed 8 September 2009
  6. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ^ Uri Population statistics Template:De icon accessed 8 September 2009