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| Population | 1,950 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 157 /km2 (407 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 12.42 km2 (4.80 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 6454 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 1207 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Altdorf, Bauen, Bürglen, Isenthal, Seedorf, Sisikon | |||||||||
| Website | www.fluelen.ch SFSO statistics |
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Flüelen
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Flüelen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
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Flüelen is first mentioned in 1266 as Vluolon.[3]
Flüelen has an area, as of 2006[update], of 12.4 km2 (4.8 sq mi). Of this area, 22% is used for agricultural purposes, while 55.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (16.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4] In the 1993/97 land survey[update], 49.0% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 0.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for farming or pastures, while 6.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 15.0% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 2.3% is covered with buildings, 0.8% is industrial, 0.2% is classed as special developments, 0.5% is listed as parks and greenbelts and 2.4% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.3% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.8% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 4.1% is too rocky for vegatation, and 11.6% is other unproductive land.[5]
The municipality is located along Lake Lucerne. It developed as a transshipment point on the trade routes over the Gotthard pass and along the lake. It consists of the village of Flüelen, the outer village settlements and scattered farm houses in the valley and up the mountain sides.
Flüelen has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 1,950.[1] As of 2007[update], 10.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (93.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.6%).[4] As of 2007[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.[6]
In the 2007 federal election the FDP which received 87.7% of the vote.[4]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flüelen about 65.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[4]
Flüelen has an unemployment rate of 1.86%. As of 2005[update], there were 44 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 256 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 19 businesses in this sector. 387 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 56 businesses in this sector.[4]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3][7]
| year | population |
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| 1685 | 337 |
| 1743 | 372 |
| 1799 | 469 |
| 1850 | 600 |
| 1880 | 1,420 |
| 1900 | 941 |
| 1950 | 1,645 |
| 2000 | 1,787 |
| 2005 | 1,874 |
| 2007 | 1,897 |
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