| Subject Name: | Seedorf |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Imagepath Coa: | CHE Seedorf UR COA.svg |
| Canton: | Uri |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-UR |
| District: | n.a. |
| Coordinates: | 46.8667°N 44°W |
| Postal Code: | 6462 |
| Municipality Code: | 1214 |
| Area: | 15.64 |
| Elevation: | 452 |
| Website: | www.seedorf-uri.ch |
Seedorf is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Bauen merged into the municipality of Seedorf.[1]
The municipality was first mentioned in 1254 as Sedorf.
Bauen is first mentioned in 1150 as Bawen.
Seedorf has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 17.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 34.5% is unproductive land.
In the 2004/09 survey a total of 37ha or about 2.4% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 15ha over the 1981/84 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 5ha and is now about 0.65% of the total area.
Of the agricultural land, 2ha is used for orchards and vineyards, 133ha is fields and grasslands and 146ha consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1981/84 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 24ha. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 16ha.
Rivers and lakes cover 31ha in the municipality.[2] [3]
Seedorf has a population of ., 6.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 7 years (2010-2017) the population has changed at a rate of 3.56%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2017, was 10.6, while the death rate was 9.4 per thousand residents.[3]
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 58.0% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.9%.[3] In 2015 there were 781 single residents, 885 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 65 widows or widowers and 76 divorced residents.[4]
In 2017 there were 678 private households in Seedorf with an average household size of 2.64 persons. In 2015 about 58.7% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is greater than the percentage in the canton (49.2%) and about the same as the percentage nationally (57.4%).[5] Of the 377 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 54.9% were single family homes and 32.4% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 7.7% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 17.5% were built between 1991 and 2000.[6] In 2016 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 1.66. The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 1.8%.[3]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[7]
The Benedictine nuns convent of St. Lazarus and Apro Castle are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.[8]
Seedorf was classed in the 2000 census as a semi-tourism focused municipality and in 2012 was classed as a medium-density industry focused peri-urban municipality. The municipality is part of the agglomeration of Altdorf (UR).[9]
, there were a total of 631 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 28 people worked in 13 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 304 workers in 28 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 299 jobs in 67 businesses.[10]
In 2017 a total of 1.7% of the population received social assistance.[3] In 2011 the unemployment rate in the municipality was 0.5%.[11]
In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making was 5.1% while the rate for a single person making was 11%, both of which are much lower than the average for the canton. The canton has a slightly higher than average tax rate for those making and one of the lowest for those making . In 2013 the average income in the municipality per tax payer was and the per person average was, which is greater than the cantonal averages of but less than the per person amount of . In contrast, the national tax payer average is, while the per person average is .[12]
In the 2019 Swiss federal election the most popular party was the CVP with 47.7% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SVP (35.0%) and the SP (16.2%). In the federal election, a total of 674 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.5%. The 2019 election saw a large change in the voting when compared to 2015. The percentage of the vote received by the CVP increased sharply from 24.3% in 2015 to 47.7% in 2019 and the SP increased from 0.0% to 16.2%, while the percentage that the SVP received dropped from 46.9% to 35.0%.[13]