Sool is a village, and former
municipality, in the
municipality of Glarus Süd and
canton of Glarus
The canton of Glarus (german: Kanton Glarus rm, Chantun Glaruna; french: Canton de Glaris; it, Canton Glarona) is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.
The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.
The majority of ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
History
Sool is first mentioned between 1303-07 as ''soler tagwan''.
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On 1 January 2011, Sool became part of the new municipality of Glarus Süd.]
Geography
The village of Sool is situated at an elevation of on a prehistoric landslide, between the valleys of the Linth 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-20092007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SPS
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which received 80% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 14.4% of the vote.[
In Sool about 72.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory ]upper secondary education
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or additional higher education (either University or a ''Fachhochschule
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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 and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 10 people are employed in the tertiary sector, 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