Altdorf, Switzerland
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Altdorf, Switzerland

Swiss town
CountrySwitzerland
  - HighestEggberge|highest_m=1720|lowest=Wildried|lowest_m=432
  - LowestWildried|lowest_m=432
SFOS number1201
Surrounded byAttinghausen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Seedorf

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Altdorf (German for "old village") is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri. The municipality covers an area of . It is built at a height of above sea-level, a little above the right bank of the Reuss, not far above the point where this river is joined on the right by the Schächen torrent.

The name is sometimes written as Altdorf UR, to distinguish it from Altdorf SH, a small village in the canton of Schaffhausen.

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BusinessWeek---...- new shares with a face value of 23.85 francs per share, the -Altdorf-, -Switzerland--based company said in an advertisement in Cairo-based Al Mal newspaper. ... - Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:50:39 GMT+00:00
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NZZ Online--Seit über einem halben Jahrhundert, seit er mit 16 vor einer drohenden Herrenschneiderlehre aus dem Elternhaus in -Altdorf- ausriss, lebt Fredi Murer in ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:23:53 GMT+00:00

Historical population :
year population Swiss citizens % German Speaking % Roman Catholic
1600 ca. 3,100
1629 ca. 1,500
1650 ca. 3,000
1743 3,025
1799 ca. 2,000
1837 1,903
1850 2,112 2,088
1880 2,906 2,734 97.9% 96.0%
1910 3,854 3,515 94.2% 93.6%
1930 4,240 3,984 94.7% 92.0%
1950 6,576 6,236 94.5% 88.7%
1970 8647 7,659 89.7% 89.4%
1990 8,282 7,158 88.0% 84.3%

Municipalities in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland

Altdorf * Andermatt * Attinghausen * Bauen * Bürglen * Erstfeld * Flüelen * Göschenen * Gurtnellen * Hospental * Isenthal * Realp * Schattdorf * Seedorf * Seelisberg * Silenen * Sisikon * Spiringen * Unterschächen * Wassen

Capitals of Swiss cantons

Aarau, Aargau
Herisau/Trogen, AR
Appenzell, AI
Basel, Basel-Stadt
Liestal, Basel-Land
Bern, Bern
Fribourg, Fribourg
Geneva, Geneva
Glarus, Glarus
Chur, Graubünden
Delémont, Jura
Lucerne, Lucerne
Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel
Stans, Nidwalden
Sarnen, Obwalden
Schaffhausen, SH
Schwyz, Schwyz
Solothurn, Solothurn
St. Gallen, St. Gallen
Frauenfeld Thurgau
Bellinzona, Ticino
Altdorf, Uri
Sion, Valais
Lausanne, Vaud
Zug, Zug
Zurich, Zürich



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