Unterschächen is a

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 Uri in

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 ...

, situated in the upper Schächental.

Geography

Unterschächen has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (54.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 5.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.3% is covered with buildings, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.5% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 40.4% is too rocky for vegetation, and 13.2% is other unproductive land.Canton Uri - Ground use statistics
accessed 8 September 2009

Demographics

Unterschächen has a population (as of ) of . , 1.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (99.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.1%).
accessed 09-Sep-2009 the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.Uri Population statistics
accessed 8 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 95.1% of the vote. In Unterschächen about 37% 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 ...

''). Unterschächen has an unemployment rate of 0.22%. , there were 138 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 51 businesses involved in this sector. 7 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 66 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition
accessed 8 September 2009

Weather

Unterschächen has an average of 155.5 days of rain per year and on average receives of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Unterschächen receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.8 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is July, with an average of 16, but with only of precipitation. The driest month of the year is October with an average of of precipitation over 14.8 days., the weather station elevation is 1470 meters above sea level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Unterschachen Municipalities of the canton of Uri