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Realp

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subject_name	Realp
image_photo	Realp.jpg
image_caption	View of Realp from above
municipality_type	municipality
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canton	Uri
iso-code-region	CH-UR
district	n.a.
coordinates
postal_code	6491
municipality_code	1212
area	77.97
elevation	1538	elevation_description=
population		populationof =	popofyear =
website	www.realp.ch
mayor		mayor_asof=	mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities	Airolo (TI), Bedretto (TI), Göschenen, Hospental, Oberwald (VS)

| iso-code-region = CH-UR |}} Realp (archaic : Frialp) is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

History

Realp is first mentioned in 1363 as Riealb.

Geography

Realp has an area, , of 78 km2. Of this area, 41.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (55.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located on the rise into the Furka Pass.

Demographics

Realp has a population (as of ) of . , 7.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -22.7%. All of the population () speaks German. the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.

In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 96.2% of the vote.

In Realp about 50% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Realp has an unemployment rate of 0.74%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 63 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 16 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1799	170
1850	203
1900	208
1980	308
2000	146
2005	161
2007	153
2008	153
2010	144
2013	148
2014	143

Ski area

Main article: Skiarena Andermatt-Sedrun#Realp

Realp has a small T-bar with a beginner run. It is part of the Skiarena Andermatt-Sedrun. Nearby there is cross-country skiing, and a biathlon course.

Transport

The municipality is served by two railway stations; Realp, and Realp DFB on the heritage railway.

References

[[:de:Emil Abegg. Abegg, Emil]], ''[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001646202 Die Mundart von Urseren]'' (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 54.
{{as of. 1993. link. (2011-07-07 {{in lang). 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] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-07 {{in lang). de accessed 8 September 2009
{{HDS. 701. Realp
[http://www.ur.ch/dateimanager/09.06.25_uri-in-zahlen.pdf Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-07 {{in lang). de accessed 8 September 2009

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