Municipalities of the canton of Uri

There are 19 municipalities in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Municipalities in the canton of Uri (2021)
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Mergers of municipalities

The 19 municipalities of the Canton of Uri were mentioned in the cantonal constitution and any merger had to be approved by a cantonal referendum that would change the constitution accordingly.[1] A referendum in 2013 approved with 57%, the removal of the names of the 19 municipalities from the constitution, thus allowing municipalities' mergers without the need of a cantonal referendum.[2] The municipalities of Seedorf and Bauen were the first that voluntarily decided to merge.[3] The merger took place on 1 January 2021, after approval by the population of both municipalities in a referendum in October 2019; the population of both Seedorf and Bauen voted in favor of the merger with 80% and 69% respectively[4]

List of the municipalities

Coat of arms Flag Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[5] 		Area
in km2 		Inhabitants/
km2
Altdorf Altdorf Altdorf 9,565 10.23 935
Andermatt Andermatt Andermatt 1,527 62.2 25
Attinghausen Attinghausen Attinghausen 1,747 46.83 37
Bürglen Bürglen Bürglen 3,930 53.14 74
Erstfeld Erstfeld Erstfeld 3,861 59.2 65
Flüelen Flüelen Flüelen 2,025 12.42 163
Göschenen Göschenen Göschenen 428 10.431 41
Gurtnellen Gurtnellen Gurtnellen 512 83.35 6
Hospental Hospental Hospental 182 35.0 5
Isenthal Isenthal Isenthal 476 60.99 8
Realp Realp Realp 142 78.04 2
Schattdorf Schattdorf Schattdorf 5,408 16.31 332
Seedorf Seedorf Seedorf 1,876 19.42 97
Seelisberg Seelisberg Seelisberg 688 13.34 52
Silenen Silenen Silenen 1,951 144.78 13
Sisikon Sisikon Sisikon 383 16.29 24
Spiringen Spiringen Spiringen 842 64.73 13
Unterschächen Unterschächen Unterschächen 695 80.33 9
Wassen Wassen Wassen 412 96.89 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gemeindestrukturreform im Kanton Uri" (PDF) (in German). Bern: University of Bern. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Kein Geld für Gemeindefusionen im Kanton Uri". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. ^ Arnold, Bruno (10 April 2019). "Urner Landrat spricht 450'000 Franken für Gemeindefusion von Seedorf und Bauen" (in German). St. Galler Tagblatt. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Seedorf und Bauen stossen auf Fusion an" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 2020-10-20. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  5. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.