Wassen


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

Geography

Wassen has an area,, of. 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 and the remainder is non-productive. , 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, 1.2% is unproductive flowing water, 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 of. , 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 speaks German , with Serbo-Croatian being second most common and Italian being third. 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 have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Wassen has an unemployment rate of 0.64%. , 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:
yearpopulation
1970764
1980671
1990545
2000465
2005466
2007456