Altdorf, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 46°52′N 8°38′E / 46.867°N 8.633°ECoordinates: 46°52′N 8°38′E / 46.867°N 8.633°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Uri | |
| District | n.a. | |
| Government | ||
| • Executive |
Gemeinderat with 7 members |
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| • Mayor |
Gemeindepräsident/in Urs Kälin SPS/PSS |
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| • Parliament | none (Gemeindeversammlung) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.21 km2 (3.94 sq mi) | |
| Elevation (Church St. Martin) | 458 m (1,503 ft) | |
| Highest elevation (Eggberge) | 1,720 m (5,640 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation (Wildried) | 432 m (1,417 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 9,203 | |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | German: Altdorfer(in) | |
| Postal code | 6460 | |
| SFOS number | 1201 | |
| Surrounded by | Attinghausen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Seedorf | |
| Twin towns | Altdorf b. Nürnberg (Germany) | |
| Website |
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Altdorf (sometimes written as Altdorf UR in order to distinguish it from the other ; German for "old village") is a historic and statistic town and a municipality in the canton of Uri. It is also the capital of Uri.
The municipality covers an area of 10.21 square kilometres (3.94 sq mi) and is located just about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the mouth of the Reuss, which flows into the Lake Lucerne, here called the Urnersee. The town Altdorf lies at an altitude of 458 metres (1,503 ft) above sea level on the right, eastern bank of the Reuss, a flat, alluvial land of up to 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) diameter between otherwise steep and high Alpine mountains of around 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) elevation, but the municipality also covers the Alpine pasture landscape of Eggbergen about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Altdorf.
It is also the junction towards to the two passes Saint Gotthard to the south, a major north-south axis through the Alps, and the Klausen Pass to the east. Altdorf sits on the Gotthard line and is the last railway station before the entrance into the new Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel.
The official language of Altdorf is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
Altdorf consists of the town proper on the flat alluvial plain by the Reuss, between the right bank of the Reuss and the steep hillside of the (2,461 m (8,074 ft)) to the east. Halfway up (about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft)) the scattered hamlets of Eggberge on a high terrace above the town also belongs to the municipality. Altdorf adjoins the municipalites of Attinghausen and Seedorf across the Reuss to the west, Flüelen, the port village at the Urnersee to the north, Bürglen in the Schächental to the east and south, and Schattdorf to the south.
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