Sool is a village, and 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
municipality of Glarus Süd and
canton of Glarus
The canton of Glarus ( ; ; ; ) is a cantons of Switzerland, canton in east-central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.
The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.
The majority of the population (81%) identifies as Christianity in Switzer ...
in
Switzerland
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.
History
Sool is first mentioned between 1303 and 1307 as ''soler tagwan''.
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On 1 January 2011, Sool became part of the new municipality of ]Glarus Süd
Glarus Süd is a municipality in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Glarus. It comprises the upper Linth valley, and the entire Sernf valley, and includes the villages of Betschwanden, Braunwald, Glarus, Braunwald, Diesbach, Glarus, Diesbach, Elm, Sw ...
.
Geography
The village of Sool is situated at an elevation of on a prehistoric landslide, betwe the valleys of the Linth
The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Switzerland, Swiss river that rises near the Linthal, Glarus, village of Linthal in the mountains of the cantons of Switzerland, canton of canton of Glarus, Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee (Züri ...
and Sernf rivers. The village of Schwanden lies below it, at the confluence of both rivers.[
Sool has an area, as defined by the former municipal boundaries in 2006, of , covering a considerable area to the north and east of the village. This area reaches up to the peak of the Gufelstock (). Of this area, 23.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (33.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).][
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Transport
The Sernftalbus operates a bus service linking Sool with Schwanden railway station, with several return journeys a day. At Schwanden railway station, a connecting railway service runs to the capital of the canton of Glarus, the town of Glarus.
Demographics
Sool has a population (as of ) of . , 3.5% 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 2.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.0%), with Russian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Rhaeto-Romance being third ( 0.3%).
accessed 14-Sep-2009[
In Sool about 72.9% of the population (between age 25 and 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 ...
'').[
Sool has an unemployment rate of 1.5%. , there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 8 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 2 businesses in this sector. 10 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 4 businesses in this sector.[
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References
External links
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''Sool''
from the Glarus Süd municipal web site (in German)
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{{Authority control
Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus