Municipalities of the canton of Uri

There are 20 municipalities in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Municipalities in the canton of Uri

In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden) in Switzerland are grouped in districts (German: Bezirke), but Uri has no districts.

Mergers of municipalities

The 20 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 20 municipalities from the constitution, thus allowing municipalities' mergers without the need of a cantonal referendum.[2] The mucicipalities of Seedorf and Bauen were the first that voluntarily decided to merge.[3] The merger is to take place on 1 January 2021, provided it would be approved by the population of both municipalities in a referendum that will be held in Autumn 2019.[4] The referendumg took place in October 2019; the population of both Seedorf and Bauen voted in favor of the merger with 80% and 69% respectively[5]

List of the municipalities
Coat of arms Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[6]		 Area
in km2		 Inhabitants/
km2
Altdorf9,53710.23932
Andermatt1,43362.223
Attinghausen1,75046.8337
Bauen1653.7844
Bürglen3,99553.1475
Erstfeld3,84559.265
Flüelen1,96112.42158
Göschenen43110.43141
Gurtnellen52883.356
Hospental18035.05
Isenthal47460.998
Realp15078.042
Schattdorf5,41316.31332
Seedorf2,05115.64131
Seelisberg67813.3451
Silenen1,957144.7814
Sisikon38316.2924
Spiringen83064.7313
Unterschächen70280.339
Wassen40596.894

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. Arnold, Bruno (9 April 2019). "Urner Landrat stellt Weichen für Zukunft von Gemeindefusionen". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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