Obstalden is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the canton of

Glarus Glarus (; ; ; ; ) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of Glarus incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. Effective from 1 January 2011, Obstalden is part of the municipality of

Glarus Nord Glarus Nord is one of three Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities of the canton of Glarus, Switzerland (the others being Glarus and Glarus Süd). Effective from 1 January 2011, Glarus Nord incorporates the former municipalities of Bilten ...

History

Obstalden is first mentioned in 1310.

Geography

Obstalden has an area, , of . Of this area, 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (35.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It consists of the village of Obstalden and the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

of Mülital, Voglingen, Nidstalden, Stocken and Walenguflen.

Demographics

Obstalden had a population (as of 2010) of 443. , 9.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Canton Glarus population growth
accessed 9 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.0%), with French being second most common ( 0.7%) and Italian being third ( 0.2%).
accessed 14-Sep-2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 50.8% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 45.2% of the vote. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Obstalden about 70.1% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). Obstalden has an unemployment rate of 1.23%. , there were 53 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 41 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, with 12 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Weather

Obstalden has an average of 148.6 days of rain per year and on average receives of

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. The wettest month is August during which time Obstalden receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is June, with an average of 15.2, but with only of precipitation. The driest month of the year is January with an average of of precipitation over 14.2 days., the weather station elevation is 687 meters above sea level.

References

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* * {{Authority control Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus