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Muotathal

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Muotathal

Total population

3,507

Elevation610 m
Land area172.14 km²
Coordinates46.97°, 8.77°

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City facts

Elevation
610 m
Area
172.14 km²
Official website
www.muotathal.ch

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Overview

Muotathal is a village and a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The eponymous valley, the Muotatal, is formed by the Muota, which joins Lake Lucerne at Brunnen.

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History & geography

History

Muotathal is first mentioned in 1246 as Muthathal and Mutetal.

Geography

The village is located in the valley of the river Muota, the Muotatal, with which it shares the name. The municipality is located in a series of valleys on the eastern edge of the canton, on the borders with the cantons of Uri and Glarus. It is the 10th largest municipality area-wise in Switzerland. It consists of the hamlet Ried, village sections of Schachen, Wil, Hinterthal (had its own post office since 1896, though it has now grown together with Schachen), and the hamlet Bisisthal in the Bisistal further upstream of the Muota. It also includes a number of alps (alpine pastures) including Glattalp, Toralp, Charetalp and Goldplangg. The municipality Muotathal has an area of . Of this area, 32.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (44.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality includes the entry site of the Hölloch, which at over 200 km is the longest cave in Switzerland, and currently the second-longest in Europe.

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Geography

Latitude
46.9747
Longitude
8.7658
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Nearby places in Schwyz

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.51
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,281

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
268
Avg daily Wikipedia views
9
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Muotathal

Flechten und assoziierte nicht lichenisierte Pilze des Bödmerenwald-Silberen-Gebiets im Muotatal, Kanton Schwyz (Schweiz)
Urs Groner · 2016
Schwyzer Sagen
Hans Steinegger · 1979

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
1367
Population (Wikidata)
3,515
Wikidata
Q66069

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771