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Filzbach

Village in Switzerland

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subject_name	Filzbach
municipality_type	former
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canton	Glarus
iso-code-region	CH-GL
district	n.a.
coordinates
postal_code	8757
municipality_code	1608
area	13.93
elevation	682	elevation_description=
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website	www.filzbach.ch
mayor		mayor_asof=	mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities	Amden (SG), Ennenda, Mollis, Obstalden, Weesen (SG)

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Filzbach is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Filzbach is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

History

Filzbach is first mentioned in 1394 as Vilentzspach.

Geography

Filzbach has an area, , of 13.9 km2. Of this area, 35.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 40.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located on a terrace of the Kerenzerberg mountain above the Walensee. Talalpsee and Spaneggsee are located above the lake.

Demographics

Filzbach had a population (as of 2010) of 509. , 10.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.6%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.3%).

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.9% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SPS with 42.5% of the vote.

In Filzbach about 66.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Filzbach has an unemployment rate of 0.43%. , there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 190 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 21 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1888	418
1900	407
1950	393
2000	542

References

[http://www.gl.ch/documents/Entwicklung_Wohnbevoelkerung_GL_2008.pdf Canton Glarus population growth] {{webarchive. link. (June 6, 2011 {{in lang). de accessed 9 September 2009
[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (September 4, 2011 accessed 10-Sep-2009)
{{HDS. 765. Filzbach

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