March district
March district | |
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Basic data | |
Country: | Switzerland |
Canton : | Schwyz (SZ) |
Main town : | Laugh |
FSO number : | 0505 |
Area : | 176.74 km² |
Height range : | 405–2294 m above sea level M. |
Residents: | 43,598 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 247 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.region-march.ch |
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The district of March is a district of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland and essentially comprises the south bank of the Obersee and the Wägital . It consists of nine political communities .
historical development
Due to its location, the region belongs to the " Ausserschwyz ", a former subject of the Schwyz estate, and after the reaction in 1814 there were brief efforts to form the canton of Ausserschwyz in order to shake off a worse position than that of the Innerschwyz canton . Instead, the constitution was revised in 1833. At the time the canton of Jura was split off, Blick reported on March 22, 1975 about an Ausserschwyz separatist movement that was more of a joke. From July 18, however, there were advertisements in newspapers seeking sympathizers for a split. However, only one working group appeared in public in September with a catalog of problems, which called for a decentralization of administration and schools, as well as a change in the composition of the government commissions.
The March also bears the unflattering nickname "Canton of Murder and Manslaughter".
Political communities
coat of arms | Name of the parish | Population (December 31, 2018) |
Area in km² |
Inhabitants per km² |
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Altendorf | 7083 | 20.41 | 347 | |
Gallows | 5211 | 13.27 | 393 | |
Innerthal | 173 | 50.14 | 3 | |
Laugh | 8752 | 2.42 | 3617 | |
Reichenburg | 3750 | 11.55 | 325 | |
Schübelbach | 9250 | 29.01 | 319 | |
Tuggen | 3310 | 13.51 | 245 | |
Vorderthal | 1015 | 27.97 | 36 | |
Cheeks (SZ) | 5054 | 8.46 | 597 | |
Total (9) | 43,598 | 176.74 | 247 |
Localities
Postcode | Name of the place | local community |
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8863 | Buttikon SZ | Schübelbach |
8855 | Nuoles | Cheeks |
8854 | Seventh |
Gallows Schübelbach cheeks |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ The "Canton of Ausserschwyz" - joke or serious in the summer of 1975? , Announcements of the historical association of the Canton Schwyz, Volume 95 (2003), p. 173
- ^ "Personal" Swiss Radio DRS, January 29, 2012, minute 24
- ↑ Narrhalla Reichenburg - Der Rölli , accessed on November 5, 2019
- ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.
Web links
- March district website
- Josef Wiget: March. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .