Sarnen
Sarnen | ||
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Mayor Gemeindepräsident | Jürg Berlinger (as of 2018) | |
• Parliament | none (Gemeindeversammlung) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 70.01 km2 (27.03 sq mi) | |
Elevation (Dorfkapelle) | 471 m (1,545 ft) | |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | ||
• Total | 10,368 | |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) | |
Demonym | German: Sarner(in) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) | |
Postal code(s) | 6056 Kägiswil, 6060 Sarnen, 6060 Ramersberg, 6062 Wilen, 6063 Stalden | |
SFOS number | 1407 | |
ISO 3166 code | CH-OW | |
Localities | Sarnen-Dorfschaft, Kägiswil, Schwendi/Wilen, and Ramersberg | |
Surrounded by | Alpnach, Entlebuch (LU), Flühli (LU), Giswil, Hasle (LU), Kerns, Sachseln | |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
Sarnen is a small
The official language of Sarnen is (the Swiss variety of Standard)
History
Stone Age and Bronze Age finds show that the Sarnen valley was inhabited from the earliest times. Over the years Sarnen developed into an important trading center.
Geography
Sarnen is situated at an altitude of 471 m (1,545 ft) on the northern shore of Lake Sarnen (
Sarnen has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 73.12 km2 (28.23 sq mi).[3] Of this area, about 39.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 4.3% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of 260 ha (640 acres) or about 3.6% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 78 ha (190 acres) over the 1980/81 amount. Of the agricultural land, 46 ha (110 acres) is used for orchards and vineyards, 1,554 ha (3,840 acres) is fields and grasslands and 1,665 ha (4,110 acres) consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1980/81 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 172 ha (430 acres). Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 27 ha (67 acres). Rivers and lakes cover 111 ha (270 acres) in the municipality.[4][5]
The municipality is made up of 5 sections; Sarnen (population 5,984), Stalden (pop. 1,072), Wilen (pop. 1,234), Kägiswil (pop. 1,214) and Ramersberg (pop. 294).[6]
Demographics
Sarnen has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 10,514.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common (1.6%) and Albanian being third (1.6%).[8] As of 2000[update] the gender distribution of the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female.
As of 2014[update], children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 62.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.7%.[5] In 2015 there were 4,418 single residents, 4,619 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 519 widows or widowers and 673 divorced residents.[9]
As of 2000[update] there are 3,452 households in Sarnen.[10] In 2014 there were 4,338 private households in Sarnen with an average household size of 2.32 persons. Of the 1,957 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 47.6% were single family homes and 26.7% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 24.4% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 14.9% were built between 1991 and 2000.[11] In 2013 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 5.75. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2015[update], was 0.18%.[5]
Historic population
The historical population is given in the following table:[6]
year | population |
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1945 | 5,723 |
1955 | 6,336 |
1965 | 6,686 |
1975 | 7,015 |
1985 | 7,956 |
1995 | 8,858 |
2000 | 9,218 |
2005 | 9,472 |
2006 | 9,512 |
2007 | 9,617 |
2008 | 9,798 |
Heritage sites of national significance
Sarnen is home to 10 sites that are Swiss
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Ossuary of St. Michael
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Double house am Grund
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Double house Grundacher
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Hexenturm
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Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul
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Kollegiumskirche of St. Martin
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Rathaus of Obwalden
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The Frauenkloster
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Landenberg Armory
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State Archives of Obwalden
Sarnen today
The town of Sarnen has been experiencing steady growth over the past years. It has become more attractive due to its proximity to Lucerne. Many commuters work in Lucerne and use the motorway or railway service to get to work.
Among companies active in Sarnen include SIKA AG (Specialty Chemicals), Leister Technologies (heated-air tools) and Nahrin AG (healthy nutrition).
Economy
Sarnen is a small sized regional center.[13]
As of 2014[update], there were a total of 8,182 people employed in the municipality. Of these, 366 people worked in 144 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 2,058 workers in 151 separate businesses. In 2014 a total of 1,176 employees worked in 146 small companies (less than 50 employees). There were 4 mid sized businesses with 561 employees and 1 large business which employed 321 people. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 5,758 jobs in 987 businesses. There were 69 small businesses with a total of 1,746 employees, 10 mid sized businesses with a total of 963 employees and one large business with a total of 479 employees.[14] In 2014 a total of 5.8% of the population received social assistance.[5]
In 2015 local hotels had a total of 57,837 overnight stays, of which 34.3% were international visitors.[15]
Politics
In the 2015 federal election a small, local party received 65.6% of the vote, compared to 57.6% in 2011. The remainder of the vote (34.4%) went to the SVP, which received 42.4% in 2011. In the federal election, a total of 4,505 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 61.0%.[16]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 34.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30%), the Other (22.7%) and the SPS (12.6%).[8]
Education
In Sarnen about 68.6% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[8]
Religion
As of 2008[update], the religious membership of the municipality was; 7,403 or 74.7% are
Transportation
Road
The highway
Railway
Giswil is served by
Airplane
Switzerland has three major international airports:
Geneva and Zurich airports have built-in railway stations. The journey from Zurich takes between 1 h 30 min and 1 h 55 min depending on train connections.
Weather
Sarnen has an average of 139.3 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,200 mm (47 in) of
Crime
In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the
Notable people
- Nicholas of Flüe (1598 – 1649), theologian and abbot of Wettingen
- Herman Fanger (1895 in Sarnen – 1971) a Swiss-born American inventor of the coaxial speaker
- Hans Vollenweider (1908 – 1940 in Sarnen) a Swiss criminal, the last person to be sentenced to death by a civilian court in Switzerland, executed shortly after
- Franz Bucher (born 1940 in Sarnen) a Swiss artist, produces paintings, drawings, woodcuts, etchings, sculptural objects, reliefs, murals and stained glass
- Daniel Vacek (born 1971) a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, lives in Sarnen
- Jonas Omlin (born 1994 in Sarnen) a Swiss football goalkeeper, about 60 club caps
- Viola Calligaris (born 1996 in Sarnen) a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder
References
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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- ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ^ "Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen". www.landuse-stat.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits accessed 27 October 2016
- ^ a b Sarnen in Numbers (in German) accessed 3 September 2009
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 3 September 2009
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort (in German) accessed 8 September 2016
- ^ a b Canton Obwalden Statistics accessed 2 September 2009 (in German)
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen (in German) accessed 5 May 2016
- ^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Die Raumgliederungen der Schweiz 2016" (in German, French, Italian, and English). Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse accessed 31 October 2016
- ^ Federal Statistical Office - Hotellerie: Ankünfte und Logiernächte der geöffneten Betriebe accessed 31 October 2016
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden Archived 2016-08-02 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 18 July 2016
- ^ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009., the weather station elevation is 475 meters above sea level.
- ^ Statistical Atlas of Switzerland accessed 5 April 2016
External links
- Sarnen Official site (in German)
- Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). p. 220.
- Local companies: