Seedorf, Uri

Seedorf

Coat of arms

Seedorf

Location of Seedorf

Coordinates: 46°52′N 8°36′E / 46.867°N 8.600°ECoordinates: 46°52′N 8°36′E / 46.867°N 8.600°E

Country

n.a.

Area

• Total

15.47 km² (5.97 sq mi)

Elevation

452 m (1,483 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,807

• Density

120/km² (300/sq mi)

Postal code

6462

SFOS number

1214

Surrounded by

Altdorf, Attinghausen, Flüelen, Isenthal

Website

www.seedorf-uri.ch
SFSO statistics

Seedorf is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Seedorf has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 15.5 km² (6.0 sq mi). Of this area, 19.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 40.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (34.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1993/97 land survey^[update], 38.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 0.7% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.3% is used for farming or pastures, while 9.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.0% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 2.0% is covered with buildings, 0.1% is industrial, 0.3% is classed as special developments, 0.8% is listed as parks and greenbelts and 2.2% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.3% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.6% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 21.6% is too rocky for vegetation, and 11.4% is other unproductive land.

Seedorf has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,807. As of 2007^[update], 4.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.3%). As of 2007^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.

In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 91.1% of the vote.

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