There are 19 municipalities in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Municipalities in the canton of Uri (2021)

In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden) in Switzerland are grouped in districts (German: Bezirke), but Uri has no districts.

Mergers of municipalities

The 19 municipalities of the Canton of Uri were mentioned in the cantonal constitution and any merger had to be approved by a cantonal referendum that would change the constitution accordingly.[1] A referendum in 2013 approved with 57%, the removal of the names of the 19 municipalities from the constitution, thus allowing municipalities' mergers without the need of a cantonal referendum.[2] The municipalities of Seedorf and Bauen were the first that voluntarily decided to merge.[3] The merger took place on 1 January 2021, after approval by the population of both municipalities in a referendum in October 2019; the population of both Seedorf and Bauen voted in favor of the merger with 80% and 69% respectively[4]

List of the municipalities

Coat of arms Flag Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[5]		 Area
in km2		 Inhabitants/
km2
Altdorf Altdorf Altdorf9,56510.23935
Andermatt Andermatt Andermatt1,52762.225
Attinghausen Attinghausen Attinghausen1,74746.8337
Bürglen Bürglen Bürglen3,93053.1474
Erstfeld Erstfeld Erstfeld3,86159.265
Flüelen Flüelen Flüelen2,02512.42163
Göschenen Göschenen Göschenen42810.43141
Gurtnellen Gurtnellen Gurtnellen51283.356
Hospental Hospental Hospental18235.05
Isenthal Isenthal Isenthal47660.998
Realp Realp Realp14278.042
Schattdorf Schattdorf Schattdorf5,40816.31332
Seedorf Seedorf Seedorf1,87619.4297
Seelisberg Seelisberg Seelisberg68813.3452
Silenen Silenen Silenen1,951144.7813
Sisikon Sisikon Sisikon38316.2924
Spiringen Spiringen Spiringen84264.7313
Unterschächen Unterschächen Unterschächen69580.339
Wassen Wassen Wassen41296.894

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeindestrukturreform im Kanton Uri" (PDF) (in German). Bern: University of Bern. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kein Geld für Gemeindefusionen im Kanton Uri". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Arnold, Bruno (10 April 2019). "Urner Landrat spricht 450'000 Franken für Gemeindefusion von Seedorf und Bauen" (in German). St. Galler Tagblatt. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Seedorf und Bauen stossen auf Fusion an" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 2020-10-20. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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