Unterschächen

Unterschächen
Coat of arms
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Location of Unterschächen
Coordinates: 46°51′N 8°46′E / 46.850°N 8.767°E / 46.850; 8.767Coordinates: 46°51′N 8°46′E / 46.850°N 8.767°E / 46.850; 8.767
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Uri
District	n.a.
Area
• Total	80.33 km2 (31.02 sq mi)
Elevation	995 m (3,264 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	696
• Density	8.7/km2 (22/sq mi)
Postal code	6465
SFOS number	1219
Surrounded by	Bürglen, Muotathal (SZ), Schattdorf, Silenen, Spiringen
Website	www.unterschaechen.ch SFSO statistics

Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental.

Unterschächen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 80.3 km² (31.0 sq mi). Of this area, 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (54.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 5.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.3% is covered with buildings, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.5% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 40.4% is too rocky for vegetation, and 13.2% is other unproductive land.

Unterschächen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 696. As of 2007^[update], 1.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (99.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.1%). As of 2007^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.

In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 95.1% of the vote.