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State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Glarus (GL)

District :

No district division

Political community :

Glarus North

Postal code :

8868

former BFS no. :

1623

Coordinates :

722 898 / 219367 coordinates: 47 ° 6 '50 " N , 9 ° 3' 29" O ; CH1903: 722898 / 219367

Height :

430 m above sea level M.

Area :

12.82 km²

Residents:

1963 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

153 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2011

Oberurnen, historical aerial photo from 1919, taken from a height of 800 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

Oberurnen is a former political municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland .

As part of the Glarus community reform on January 1, 2011, the village was merged with the communities of Bilten , Filzbach , Mollis , Mühlehorn , Näfels , Niederurnen and Obstalden to form the new unified community of Glarus Nord .

geography

Oberurnen Church

Oberurnen is located in the lower part of the canton of Glarus. A bypass road prevents traffic to Glarus from passing through the village. The neighboring communities were Niederurnen in the north, Mollis in the east, Näfels in the south and the Schwyz communities of Innerthal in the southwest and Schübelbach in the northwest.

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2008
Residents	691	862	1,181	1,811	1,968

languages

The predominantly spoken language is Swiss German .

Denominations

Like Näfels, the municipality of Oberurnen did not join the Reformation either . Therefore, the majority of the population is of the Roman Catholic denomination.

traffic

Oberurnen is well connected to public transport. The village can be reached by train at the Nieder- and Oberurnen train station of the SBB or by bus from Ziegelbrücke .

Not far away is the A3 motorway , which offers good connections to Zurich and Basel as well as to Chur and Graubünden via the Niederurnen (44) junction .