Andermatt

Andermatt
Andermatt looking east towards the Oberalp Pass with cable car (to ) bottom station in front and in the back (8 Feb 2003)
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Andermatt
Location of Andermatt
Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°35′E / 46.617°N 8.583°E / 46.617; 8.583Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°35′E / 46.617°N 8.583°E / 46.617; 8.583
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Uri
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Hansueli Kumli
Area
• Total	62.2 km2 (24.0 sq mi)
Elevation (Church)	1,437 m (4,715 ft)
Highest elevation (Pizzo Centrale)	2,999 m (9,839 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,387
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Andermatter(in)
Postal code	6490
SFOS number	1202
Surrounded by	Airolo (TI), Göschenen, Gurtnellen, Hospental, Tujetsch (GR)
Website	www.gemeinde-andermatt.ch SFSO statistics

Andermatt (Romansh:  Ursera ) is a mountain village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland at 1437 m a.s.l.. Andermatt is located at the center of the Saint-Gotthard Massif and the historical center cross of north-south and east-west traverses of Switzerland.

With Hospental and Realp, it is located in the valley called Urseren, 28 km (17 mi) south of Altdorf.

Andermatt has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 62.2 km² (24.0 sq mi). Of this area, 40.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (52%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1993/97 land survey^[update], 0.4% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 5.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 36.5% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.5% is covered with buildings, and 1.1% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.5% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.0% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), there is 30.9% that is too rocky for vegetation, and 19.7% is other unproductive land.