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Wassen - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Geography 2 Sights 3 Demographics 4 References Toggle the table of contents Wassen 29 languages Alemannisch Català Cebuano Čeština Чӑвашла Deutsch Esperanto Español Euskara Suomi Français Italiano Қазақша Lombard Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Polski Piemontèis پنجابی Português Русский Simple English Shqip Svenska Українська Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Vèneto Winaray 中文 Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide Coordinates: 46°42′N 8°35′E / 46.700°N 8.583°E / 46.700; 8.583 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Municipality in Uri, Switzerland Wassen Municipality Pfarrkirche St. Gallus Coat of arms Location of Wassen Wassen Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Wassen Location within Canton of Uri Show map of Canton of Uri Coordinates: 46°42′N 8°35′E / 46.700°N 8.583°E / 46.700; 8.583[[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]: {{#parsoid\u0000fragment:9}}[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wassen&params=46_42_N_8_35_E_type:city(412)_region:CH-UR 46°42′N 8°35′E / 46.700°N 8.583°E / 46.700; 8.583][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"}}'/> Country Switzerland Canton Uri District n.a. Area[1] • Total 97.02 km2 (37.46 sq mi) Elevation 930 m (3,050 ft) Population (December 2020) • Total 412 • Density 4.25/km2 (11.0/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal code 6484 SFOS number 1220 ISO 3166 code CH-UR Surrounded by Attinghausen, Engelberg (OW), Erstfeld, Gadmen (BE), Göschenen, Gurtnellen Website www.wassen.ch Wassen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Geography [edit] Double loop curved tunnel on the Gotthardbahn rail line near Wassen Aerial view (1963) As of 2006[update], Wassen has an area 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).[2] 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.[3] 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. Sights [edit] The Gottardo-Weitwanderweg (long-distance hiking trail) between Erstfeld and Biasca was opened for the 125th anniversary of the Gotthard Railway. Panels at over 50 places, including Wassen, provide information on the Gotthard Region and its railway. Waterworld educational and experience trail is a 60 km (37 mi) long network of trails in nearby Göscheneralptal with 90 stations devoted to the theme of water. The Schöllenen Gorge is a gorge, over which, according to legend, a bridge could only be built with the help of the devil. The Pfaffensprung crystal caves is a 165 m (541 ft) long crystal cave. It is the second largest crystal cave in Switzerland and has provided large quantities of mountain crystals for centuries. Accessible with a guide.[4] Demographics [edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wassen. Wassen in 1845 Wassen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 412.[5] 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%).[2] As of 2007[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female.[6] In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 85.9% of the vote.[2] In Wassen about 53% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[2] Wassen has an unemployment rate of 0.64%. As of 2005[update], there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 34 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 121 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 18 businesses in this sector.[2] The historical population is given in the following table:[7] year population 1970 764 1980 671 1990 545 2000 465 2005 466 2007 456 References [edit] ↑ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen" (in German). Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019. 1 2 3 4 5 Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 09-Sep-2009 ↑ Canton Uri - Ground use statistics Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 8 September 2009 ↑ "Kristallhöhle Pfaffensprung (Pfaffensprung Crystal Cave)". andermatt.ch. Retrieved 10 May 2021. ↑ "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. ↑ Uri Population statistics Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 8 September 2009 ↑ Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 8 September 2009 v t e Municipalities in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland Altdorf Andermatt Attinghausen Bürglen Erstfeld Flüelen Göschenen Gurtnellen Hospental Isenthal Realp Schattdorf Seedorf Seelisberg Silenen Sisikon Spiringen Unterschächen Wassen Canton of Uri Municipalities of the canton of Uri Authority control databases International VIAF Wassen"}]]}'>GND WorldCat Other Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Yale LUX Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wassen&oldid=1304492436" Category: Municipalities of the canton of Uri Hidden categories: Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas CS1 German-language sources (de) Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Coordinates on Wikidata Pages using infobox settlement with deprecated parameters Pages using infobox Switzerland municipality with manual population Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2006 All articles containing potentially dated statements Articles containing potentially dated statements from 1993 Webarchive template wayback links Articles with German-language sources (de) Commons category link is on Wikidata Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2007 Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2000 Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2005 Pages using the Kartographer extension This page was last edited on 6 August 2025, at 09:58(UTC). 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