Sisikon
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| Coordinates: 46°57′N 8°37′E / 46.950°N 8.617°ECoordinates: 46°57′N 8°37′E / 46.950°N 8.617°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Uri | |
| District | n.a. | |
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| • Total | 16.33 km2 (6.31 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 378 | |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 6452 | |
| SFOS number | 1217 | |
| Surrounded by | Bauen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Morschach (SZ), Riemenstalden (SZ), Seelisberg | |
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Sisikon is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is situated on the shore of Lake Lucerne.
Sisikon has an area, as of 2006[update], of 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi). Of this area, 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1993/97 land survey[update], 36.5% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 4.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 26.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.4% is covered with buildings, 0.2% is listed as parks and greenbelts and 0.6% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.4% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.2% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 7.7% is too rocky for vegetation, and 15.5% is other unproductive land.
Spilauersee is located on an alp below .
Sisikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 378. As of 2007[update], 6.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (96.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.1%). As of 2007[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female.
In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 75% of the vote.
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