Einsiedeln district

Einsiedeln district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Schwyz (SZ)
Main town :	Einsiedeln
FSO number :	0501
Area :	98.93  km²
Height range :	783–1614 m above sea level M.
Residents:	15,870 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	160 inhabitants per km²
Website:	http://www.einsiedeln.ch/
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Seal of the district office of Einsiedeln

Loan for 1,000 francs from the Einsiedeln district dated January 1, 1916

The Einsiedeln district is a district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland . As with Küssnacht SZ and Gersau , the political municipality and district form a unit.

The political municipality of Einsiedeln includes the locality of the same name and the other six localities (“quarters”) Bennau , Egg , Willerzell , Euthal , Gross and Trachslau .

Political communities

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²
	Einsiedeln	15,870	98.93
Total		15,870	98.93

The land area of ​​Einsiedeln is 98.93 km², plus the Sihlsee with an area of ​​10.81 km². Thus the total area is 109.74 km².

Localities

Postcode	Name of the place	local community
8836	Bennau	Einsiedeln
8836	Biberbrugg (Einsiedeln)	Einsiedeln
8847	Egg SZ	Einsiedeln
8840	Einsiedeln	Einsiedeln
8844	Euthal	Einsiedeln
8841	Big SZ	Einsiedeln
8840	Trachslau	Einsiedeln
8846	Willerzell	Einsiedeln

Web links

• Andreas Meyerhans: Einsiedeln. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.