Schübelbach

Schübelbach
Coat of arms
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Location of Schübelbach
Coordinates: 47°10′N 8°56′E / 47.167°N 8.933°E / 47.167; 8.933Coordinates: 47°10′N 8°56′E / 47.167°N 8.933°E / 47.167; 8.933
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schwyz
District	March
Area
• Total	29.01 km2 (11.20 sq mi)
Elevation	433 m (1,421 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	9,016
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Postal code	8862
SFOS number	1346
Surrounded by	Benken (SG), Bilten (GL), Galgenen, Innerthal, Niederurnen (GL), Oberurnen (GL), Reichenburg, Tuggen, Vorderthal, Wangen
Website	www.schübelbach.ch SFSO statistics

Schübelbach is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

Schübelbach has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 29 km² (11 sq mi). Of this area, 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Schübelbach has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 9,016. As of 2007^[update], 25.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (85.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.6%).

As of 2000^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The age distribution, as of 2008^[update], in Schübelbach is; 2,040 people or 29.0% of the population is between 0 and 19. 2,146 people or 30.5% are 20 to 39, and 2,158 people or 30.7% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 383 people or 5.4% are 65 to 74. There are 217 people or 3.1% who are 70 to 79 and 86 people or 1.22% of the population who are over 80. There are 2 people who are over 100 years old in Schübelbach.

As of 2000^[update] there are 2,692 households, of which 768 households (or about 28.5%) contain only a single individual. 224 or about 8.3% are large households, with at least five members.

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (15.2%), the FDP (15.1%) and the SPS (14.3%).