Municipalities of the canton of Uri

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There are 19 municipalities in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden) in Switzerland are grouped in districts (German: Bezirke), but Uri has no districts.

Mergers of municipalities[]

The 19 municipalities of the Canton of Uri were mentioned in the cantonal constitution and any merger had to be approved by a cantonal referendum that would change the constitution accordingly.[1] A referendum in 2013 approved with 57%, the removal of the names of the 19 municipalities from the constitution, thus allowing municipalities' mergers without the need of a cantonal referendum.[2] The municipalities of Seedorf and Bauen were the first that voluntarily decided to merge.[3] The merger took place on 1 January 2021, after approval by the population of both municipalities in a referendum in October 2019; the population of both Seedorf and Bauen voted in favor of the merger with 80% and 69% respectively[4]

List of the municipalities[]

Coat of arms Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[5] 		Area
in km2 		Inhabitants/
km2
Altdorf Altdorf 9,537 10.23 932
Andermatt Andermatt 1,433 62.2 23
Attinghausen Attinghausen 1,750 46.83 37
Bürglen Bürglen 3,995 53.14 75
Erstfeld Erstfeld 3,845 59.2 65
Flüelen Flüelen 1,961 12.42 158
Göschenen Göschenen 431 10.431 41
Gurtnellen Gurtnellen 528 83.35 6
Hospental Hospental 180 35.0 5
Isenthal Isenthal 474 60.99 8
Realp Realp 150 78.04 2
Schattdorf Schattdorf 5,413 16.31 332
Seedorf Seedorf 2,051 19.42 106
Seelisberg Seelisberg 678 13.34 51
Silenen Silenen 1,957 144.78 14
Sisikon Sisikon 383 16.29 24
Spiringen Spiringen 830 64.73 13
Unterschaechen Unterschächen 702 80.33 9
Wassen Wassen 405 96.89 4

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gemeindestrukturreform im Kanton Uri" (PDF) (in German). Bern: University of Bern. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Kein Geld für Gemeindefusionen im Kanton Uri". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. ^ Arnold, Bruno (10 April 2019). "Urner Landrat spricht 450'000 Franken für Gemeindefusion von Seedorf und Bauen" (in German). St. Galler Tagblatt. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Seedorf und Bauen stossen auf Fusion an" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 2020-10-20. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  5. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

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