Sisikon is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland . It is situated on the shore of Lake Lucerne .
5-426: Sisikon has an area, as of 2006, of 16.3 km (6.3 sq mi). 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). In the 1993/97 land survey, 36.5% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 4.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of
10-485: Is too rocky for vegetation, and 15.5% is other unproductive land. Spilauersee is located on an alp below Rossstock . Sisikon has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 383. As of 2007, 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 (as of 2000) speaks German (96.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.1%). As of 2007
15-452: 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: Sisikon is served by the Sisikon station , situated within the municipality and on
20-416: 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 (ponds or lakes), 0.2% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 7.7%
25-488: 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%. As of 2005, there were 24 people employed in
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