Schwändi, near Schwanden, Glarus

Schwändi is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.[1][2]

Schwändi
Village (and former municipality)
Coat of arms
The former municipal area (2007)
Coordinates: 47°0′N 9°4′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Glarus
Municipality	Glarus Süd
Area
• Total	3.48 km^2 (1.34 sq mi)
Elevation	701 m (2,300 ft)
Population  (December 2018)
• Total	476
• Density	140/km^2 (350/sq mi)

History

Schwändi is first mentioned in 1350 as Swendi.[2]

On 1 January 2011, Schwändi became part of the new municipality of Glarus Süd.[3]

Geography

Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

The village of Sool is situated at an elevation of 701 m (2,300 ft) on the west side of the valley of the Linth river. The villages of Schwanden and Mitlödi lie below it, by the river.[1][2]

Schwändi has an area, as defined by the former municipal boundaries in 2006, of 3.5 km² (1.4 sq mi). The area extends to the west of the village to the peak of the Vorder Glärnisch (2,327 m or 7,635 ft). Of this area, 33% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (35.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4]

Transport

The Sernftalbus operates an hourly bus service linking Schwändi with Schwanden railway station. At Schwanden railway station, a connecting railway service runs to the capital of the canton of Glarus, the town of Glarus.[5]

Demographics

Schwändi has a population (as of 31 December 2018) of 476.[6] As of 2007, 8.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[7] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.7%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and English being third ( 0.5%).[4]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 64.8% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 29.7% of the vote.[4]

In Schwändi about 79.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[4]

Schwändi has an unemployment rate of 1.41%. As of 2005, there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 15 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.[4]

References

1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
2. "Schwändi". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French). 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
3. "Gemeinde Glarus Süd" [Glarus Süd Municipality] (in German). Gemeinde Glarus Süd. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
4. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14-Sep-2009
5. "Sernftalbus - Fahrplan 2015" [Sernftalbus - Timetable 2015] (PDF) (in German). Autobetrieb Sernftal AG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
6. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
7. Canton Glarus population growth (in German) accessed 9 September 2009

External links

• Media related to Schwändi at Wikimedia Commons
• Schwändi from the Glarus Süd municipal web site (in German)
• Schwändi in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.