Wassen
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| Coordinates: 46°42′N 8°35′E / 46.700°N 8.583°ECoordinates: 46°42′N 8°35′E / 46.700°N 8.583°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Uri | |
| District | n.a. | |
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| • Total | 96.89 km2 (37.41 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 930 m (3,050 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 428 | |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 6484 | |
| SFOS number | 1220 | |
| Surrounded by | Attinghausen, Engelberg (OW), Erstfeld, Gadmen (BE), Göschenen, Gurtnellen | |
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Wassen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Wassen has an area, as of 2006[update], of 97 km2 (37 sq mi). Of this area, 12.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (68.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1993/97 land survey[update], 9.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 6.8% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.2% is covered with buildings, and 0.8% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.2% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 48.5% is too rocky for vegetation, and 18.3% is other unproductive land.
It is on the Gotthard line and the rail line makes a double loop near Wassen to help the trains deal with the climb. The Susten Pass connects Wassen with Innertkirchen.
Wassen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 428. As of 2007[update], 7.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -16%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (94.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.4%) and Italian being third (1.3%). 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 85.9% of the vote.
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