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Bürglen UR

Bürglen
Buerglen-UR-Pfarrkirche.jpg
Coat of arms of Bürglen
Coat of arms
Bürglen is located in Switzerland
Bürglen
Bürglen
Bürglen is located in Canton of Uri
Bürglen
Bürglen
Coordinates: 46°52′N 8°39′E / 46.867°N 8.650°E / 46.867; 8.650Coordinates: 46°52′N 8°39′E / 46.867°N 8.650°E / 46.867; 8.650
Country Switzerland
Canton Uri
District n.a.
Government
 • Mayor Urban Camenzind-Arnold
Area
 • Total 53.01 km2 (20.47 sq mi)
Elevation 525 m (1,722 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 3,994
 • Density 75/km2 (200/sq mi)
Postal code 6463
SFOS number 1205
Surrounded by Altdorf, Attinghausen, Flüelen, Muotathal (SZ), Riemenstalden (SZ), Schattdorf, Sisikon, Spiringen, Unterschächen
Website www.buerglen.ch
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Bürglen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Bürglen is first mentioned in 857 as Burgilla. In 1240 it was mentioned as Burgelon.

Bürglen has an area, as of 2006, of 53.1 km2 (20.5 sq mi). Of this area, 51.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (26.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey, 15.0% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 1.2% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for farming or pastures, while 13.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 38.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 1.0% is covered with buildings, 0.2% is industrial, and 0.9% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.8% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 12.5% is too rocky for vegetation, and 13.2% is other unproductive land.

The municipality is located south east of Altdorf at the entrance of the Schächental valley. The village is at the start of the road over the pass Klausenpass, which connects Uri and Glarus. It consists of the village center of Bürglen which is located above the left bank of the Schächen river, and scattered settlements which stretch from the valley floor up the mountains to an elevation of about 1,700 m (5,600 ft).

Bürglen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 3,994. As of 2007, 3.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (96.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Albanian being third ( 0.5%). As of 2007 the gender distribution of the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female.


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