Sisikon
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Location of Sisikon
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Country | Switzerland | |
Canton | Uri | |
District | n.a. | |
Area[1] | ||
• Total | 16.33 km2 (6.31 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) | |
Population (Dec 2014[2]) | ||
• Total | 397 | |
• Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) | |
Postal code | 6452 | |
SFOS number | 1217 | |
Surrounded by | Bauen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Morschach (SZ), Riemenstalden (SZ), Seelisberg | |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
Sisikon is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is situated on the shore of Lake Lucerne.
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Geography
Sisikon has an area, as of 2006[update], of 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi). Of this area, 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[3] In the 1993/97 land survey[update], 36.5% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 4.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 26.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.4% is covered with buildings, 0.2% is listed as parks and greenbelts and 0.6% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.4% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.2% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 7.7% is too rocky for vegetation, and 15.5% is other unproductive land.[4]
Spilauersee is located on an alp below Rossstock.
Demographics
Sisikon has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 397.[2] As of 2007[update], 6.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (96.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.1%).[3] As of 2007[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 75% of the vote.[3]
In Sisikon about 69.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[3]
Sisikon has an unemployment rate of 0.36%. As of 2005[update], there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 11 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 90 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 16 businesses in this sector.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:[6]
year | population |
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1970 | 309 |
1980 | 314 |
1990 | 319 |
2000 | 350 |
2005 | 390 |
2007 | 382 |
Transport
Sisikon is served by the Sisikon station, situated within the municipality and on the Gotthard railway. Sisikon can be accessed by road via the Axenstrasse.
References
- ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 09-Sep-2009
- ↑ Canton Uri - Ground use statistics (German) accessed 8 September 2009
- ↑ Uri Population statistics (German) accessed 8 September 2009
- ↑ Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition (German) accessed 8 September 2009
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