Unterschächen

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Unterschächen

Total population

704

Elevation995 m

Land area80.28 km²

Coordinates46.86°, 8.77°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Uri

• Spiringen
  2.1 mi away · pop. 881
• Bürglen UR
  5.1 mi away · pop. 3,980
• Schattdorf
  5.6 mi away · pop. 5,058
• Altdorf UR
  6.2 mi away · pop. 10,459
• Erstfeld
  6.4 mi away · pop. 3,786
• Urnerboden
  6.5 mi away · pop. 40
• Attinghausen
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,606
• Silenen
  6.8 mi away · pop. 2,164
• Flüelen
  7.4 mi away · pop. 1,959
• Seedorf UR
  7.6 mi away · pop. 1,816
• Amsteg
  7.9 mi away
• Isleten
  9.1 mi away

Browse all places in Uri →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-09-25

Fringe-flowered Gentian

Gentianopsis ciliata

Seen 2026-09-23

Tree Lungwort

Lobaria pulmonaria

Seen 2026-09-16

European Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Seen 2026-09-14

Livelong Saxifrage

Saxifraga paniculata

Seen 2026-09-13

Common Mountain Grasshopper

Podisma pedestris

Seen 2026-09-13

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-13

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-09-13

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers