Sisikon
title: "Sisikon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-the-canton-of-uri", "populated-places-on-lake-lucerne"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-the-canton-of-uri" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisikon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Sisikon |
| image_photo | Sisikon 0844.jpg |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| imagepath_coa | Sisikon-coat of arms.svg |
| canton | Uri |
| iso-code-region | CH-UR |
| district | n.a. |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 6452 |
| municipality_code | 1217 |
| area | 16.30 |
| elevation | 453 |
| population | |
| website | www.sisikon.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Bauen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Morschach (SZ), Riemenstalden (SZ), Seelisberg |
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| subject_name = Sisikon | image_photo = Sisikon 0844.jpg | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = Sisikon-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa= | canton = Uri | iso-code-region = CH-UR | district = n.a. |coordinates = | postal_code = 6452 | municipality_code = 1217 | area = 16.30 | elevation = 453|elevation_description= | population = | populationof = | popofyear = | website = www.sisikon.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Bauen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Morschach (SZ), Riemenstalden (SZ), Seelisberg | twintowns = |}} Sisikon is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is situated on the shore of Lake Lucerne.
Geography
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Sisikon has an area, , of 16.3 km2. Of this area, 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Spilauersee is located on an alp below Rossstock.
Demographics
Sisikon has a population (as of ) 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 (96.0%), with Italian being second most common (1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (1.1%). 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 (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
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: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 309 |
| 1980 | 314 |
| 1990 | 319 |
| 2000 | 350 |
| 2005 | 390 |
| 2007 | 382 |
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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.
References
References
- {{as of. 1993. de accessed 8 September 2009
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 09-Sep-2009
- [http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.09_01_espop_2007.pdf Uri Population statistics] {{in lang. de accessed 8 September 2009
- [http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.25_uri-in-zahlen.pdf Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition] {{in lang. de accessed 8 September 2009
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