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Riedern
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| subject_name | Riedern | ||
| municipality_type | former | ||
| image_photo | Riedern vilagheniro 059.jpg | ||
| imagepath_coa | GW-GL-Riedern.gif | pixel_coa= | |
| canton | Glarus | ||
| iso-code-region | CH-GL | ||
| district | n.a. | ||
| coordinates | |||
| postal_code | 8750 | ||
| municipality_code | 1625 | ||
| area | 1.51 | ||
| elevation | 529 | elevation_description= | |
| population | populationof = | popofyear = | |
| website | www.riedern.ch | ||
| mayor | mayor_asof= | mayor_party= | |
| mayor_title | list_of_mayors = | ||
| neighboring_municipalities | Glarus, Netstal |
| iso-code-region = CH-GL |}}
Riedern is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Riedern is part of the municipality of Glarus.
History
Riedern is first mentioned in 1350 as Riedern.
Geography
Riedern has an area, , of 1.5 km2. Of this area, 23.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Riedern is at the entrance to the Klöntal and is north-west of Glarus.
Demographics
Riedern had a population (as of 2010) of 734. , 16.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (82.3%), with Italian being second most common ( 8.4%) and Turkish being third ( 4.5%).
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 49% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 39.6% of the vote.
About 62.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Riedern has an unemployment rate of 2.31%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 41 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 35 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 102 Adult Males |
| 1850 | 341 |
| 1900 | 556 |
| 1950 | 660 |
| 2000 | 622 |
| 2005 | 740 |
References
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. (2011-09-04 accessed 14-Sep-2009)
- {{HDS. 782. Riedern
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