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Steinerberg

Steinerberg
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Coat of arms of Steinerberg
Coat of arms
Steinerberg is located in Switzerland
Steinerberg
Steinerberg
Steinerberg is located in Canton of Schwyz
Steinerberg
Steinerberg
Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°35′E / 47.050°N 8.583°E / 47.050; 8.583Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°35′E / 47.050°N 8.583°E / 47.050; 8.583
Country Switzerland
Canton Schwyz
District Schwyz
Area
 • Total 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation 625 m (2,051 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 920
 • Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Postal code 6416
SFOS number 1374
Surrounded by Arth, Lauerz, Sattel, Steinen, Unterägeri (ZG), Zug (ZG)
Website http://www.steinerberg.ch
SFSO statistics

Steinerberg is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

Steinerberg has an area, as of 2006, of 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 62.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Steinerberg has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 920. As of 2007, 6.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.1%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).

As of 2000 the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. The age distribution, as of 2008, in Steinerberg was:

As of 2000 there were 272 households, of which 52 households (or about 19.1%) contained only a single individual. 27 or about 9.9% were large households with at least five members.

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (25.2%), the FDP (11.5%) and the SPS (7.9%).


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