Steinerberg
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| Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°35′E / 47.050°N 8.583°ECoordinates: 47°3′N 8°35′E / 47.050°N 8.583°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Schwyz | |
| District | Schwyz | |
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| • Total | 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 625 m (2,051 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 920 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 6416 | |
| SFOS number | 1374 | |
| Surrounded by | Arth, Lauerz, Sattel, Steinen, Unterägeri (ZG), Zug (ZG) | |
| Website |
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Steinerberg is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
Steinerberg has an area, as of 2006[update], of 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 62.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Steinerberg has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 920. As of 2007[update], 6.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.1%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).
As of 2000[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Steinerberg was:
As of 2000[update] there were 272 households, of which 52 households (or about 19.1%) contained only a single individual. 27 or about 9.9% were large households with at least five members.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (25.2%), the FDP (11.5%) and the SPS (7.9%).
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