Altdorf, Uri

Altdorf
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Altdorf is located in Switzerland
Altdorf
Altdorf
Altdorf is located in Canton of Uri
Altdorf
Altdorf
Coordinates: 46°52′N 8°38′E / 46.867°N 8.633°E / 46.867; 8.633
CountrySwitzerland
CantonUri
Districtn.a.
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 7 members
 • MayorGemeindepräsident/in
Urs Kälin SPS/PSS
 • Parliamentnone (Gemeindeversammlung)
Area
 • Total10.21 km2 (3.94 sq mi)
Elevation
(Church St. Martin)
458 m (1,503 ft)
Highest elevation
(Eggberge)
1,720 m (5,640 ft)
Lowest elevation
(Wildried)
432 m (1,417 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total9,401
 • Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
DemonymGerman: Altdorfer(in)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6460
SFOS number1201
ISO 3166 codeCH-UR
Surrounded byAttinghausen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Seedorf
Twin townsAltdorf b. Nürnberg (Germany)
Websitealtdorf.ch
SFSO statistics

Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head.[3]

Altdorf is situated on the right (eastern) bank of the Reuss, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of where the river discharges into the Urnersee, an arm of Lake Lucerne. It is at the junction of two major Alpine passes—Saint Gotthard to the south and the Klausen Pass to the east—and is the last station on the Gotthard railway before the line enters the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel.

The official language of Altdorf is Swiss Standard German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic dialect.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px. Retrieved 2 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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