Unterschächen
Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental.
Geography
Unterschächen has an area,, of. Of this area, 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled and the remainder is non-productive., 5.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.3% is covered with buildings, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.5% is unproductive flowing water, 40.4% is too rocky for vegetation, and 13.2% is other unproductive land.Demographics
Unterschächen has a population of., 1.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common and Portuguese being third. the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 95.1% of the vote.
In Unterschächen about 37% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Unterschächen has an unemployment rate of 0.22%., there were 138 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 51 businesses involved in this sector. 7 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 66 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
| 1970 | 665 |
| 1980 | 652 |
| 1990 | 689 |
| 2000 | 764 |
| 2005 | 746 |
| 2007 | 730 |