Sisikon


Sisikon is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is situated on the shore of Lake Lucerne.

Geography

Sisikon has an area,, of. Of this area, 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. , 36.5% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 4.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 26.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.4% is covered with buildings, 0.2% is listed as parks and greenbelts and 0.6% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.4% is unproductive standing water, 0.2% is unproductive flowing water, 7.7% is too rocky for vegetation, and 15.5% is other unproductive land.
Spilauersee is located on an alp below Rossstock.

Demographics

Sisikon has a population of. , 6.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.8%. Most of the population speaks German , with Italian being second most common and Serbo-Croatian being third. the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female.
In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 75% of the vote.
In Sisikon about 69.7% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Sisikon has an unemployment rate of 0.36%. , there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 11 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 90 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 16 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
1970309
1980314
1990319
2000350
2005390
2007382

Transport

Sisikon is served by the Sisikon station, situated within the municipality and on the Gotthard railway. Sisikon can be accessed by road via the Axenstrasse.