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Wassen

Total population

465

Elevation930 m

Land area96.88 km²

Coordinates46.71°, 8.60°

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City facts

Elevation

930 m

Area

96.88 km²

Official website

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Overview

Wassen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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History & geography

Geography

, Wassen has an area of . Of this area, 12.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (68.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It is on the Gotthard line and the rail line makes a double loop near Wassen to help the trains deal with the climb. The Susten Pass connects Wassen with Innertkirchen.

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Geography

Latitude

46.7068

Longitude

8.5996

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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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Kaspar von Silenen

Kaspar von Silenen

Swiss military personnel. 1st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard (1467-1517)

Isidor Baumann

Swiss politician

Adelrich Danioth

Swiss politician (1828-1899)

Antoinette Meyer

alpine skier (1920-2010)

Bernhard Russi

Ferenc Cathry Szaléz

Swiss screenwriter (1923-2004)

Dani Arnold

Swiss ice and mountain climber

Jost Josef Nager

Swiss politician (1813-1892)

Hans Danioth

Swiss politician (1931-2020)

Felix Maria Diogg

Felix Maria Diogg

Swiss painter (1762-1834)

Swiss politician (1823-1898)

Swiss author and politician (1860-1944)

Swiss biathlete

Swiss politician (1919-1980)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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)

206

Avg daily Wikipedia views

7

Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Wassen

FISCHE UND BEEREN HABEN UNS GERETTET?

Erich Baumann · 1982

Eva Holz Egle · 2016

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr: 1220
Population (Wikidata): 398
Wikidata: Q69635

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

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