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Revision as of 20:39, 11 January 2008 by PipepBot (talk | contribs) (robot Removing: tr:Schwyz (Kanton))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Municipality in Switzerland| Schwyz | |
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| Municipality | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location of Schwyz | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Schwyz |
| District | Schwyz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Beat Bürgler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.28 km (20.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 516 m (1,693 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,181 |
| • Density | 280/km (740/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6430 |
| SFOS number | 1372 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SZ |
| Surrounded by | Alpthal, Illgau, Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Morschach, Muotathal, Oberiberg, Rothenthurm, Sattel, Steinen |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
The town of Schwyz (Template:Lang-fr, Template:Lang-it) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
As of 2006 its population is 14'171. With the territory of 53.17 km², the population density is 269/km².
The Bundesbrief can be seen at the Bundesbriefmuseum.
History of the toponym
The name Schwyz is first attested in 972 as the village Suittes and is perhaps related to Old High German suedan "to burn", referring to the area of forest that was burned and cleared to build. The name was extended to the area dominated by Schwyz (the Canton of Schwyz), and later to the entire Old Swiss Confederacy: while other cantons tended to resent this in the 15th century, the term Schwyzer was widely adopted as self-designation after 1499, out of spite, as it had been employed as a term of abuse by the Swabian side during the Swabian War, and Eidgenossenschaft and Schwytzerland could be used interchangeably in the 16th century.
References
- ^ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Room, Adrian. Placenames of the World. London: MacFarland and Co., Inc., 1997.
External links
| Municipalities in Schwyz District, Switzerland | ||
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