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Spiringen

Total population

881

Elevation923 m
Land area64.68 km²
Coordinates46.87°, 8.73°

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City facts

Elevation
923 m
Area
64.68 km²
Official website
www.spiringen.ch

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Overview

Spiringen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. The municipality comprises two disjoint areas, separated by the municipality of Unterschächen and the Klausen Pass. The western area includes the village of Spiringen in the Schächen Valley, whilst the eastern area includes the Urner Boden alp above Linthal and the canton of Glarus.

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History & geography

Geography

Spiringen has an area, , of . This area is split into two parts, with the slightly smaller part around the village of Spiringen in the valley of the Schächen, which drains westward towards the Reuss and Lake Lucerne. This part is surrounded by the municipalities of Bürglen and Schattdorf to the north and west, and the municipality of Unterschächen to the east and south. Some away, on the eastern side of Unterschächen and the Klausen Pass, is the second and larger part of the municipality. This comprises the Urner Boden meadows, and drains eastward into the Linth and Lake Zürich. Besides Unterschächen to its west, this part is surrounded on its north by the municipality of Muotathal in the canton of Schwyz, and on its south and east by the municipality of Glarus Süd in the canton of Glarus.

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Geography

Latitude
46.8727
Longitude
8.7276
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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Notable people from here

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Nearby places in Uri

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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)
40
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Recently spotted species

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
1218
Population (Wikidata)
849
Wikidata
Q69663

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771