Haslen
Haslen is a municipality in the canton of Glarus
in Switzerland
. On July 1, 2006, Haslen incorporated the
neighbouring municipalities of Leuggelbach
and Nidfurn
.
History
Haslen is first mentioned in 1289 as
Burchard von
Hasle.
Geography
Leuggelbach (Haslen)
Haslen has an area, , of . Of this area, 42.9% is used for
agricultural purposes, while 45.2% is forested. Of the rest of the
land, 3.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%)
is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The
municipality is in the Glarner Hinterland on the right side of the
Grosstal between Hätzingen
now part of Luchsingen
and Schwanden
. It consists of the
linear village of Haslen, the
hamlets of Leu (formerly Nesslau),
Oberhaslen, Büel, Zussigen and Mülibächli and since 2006 the former
municipalities of Leuggelbach und Nidfurn.
Demographics
Haslen has a population ( ) of 1,015, of which 9.7% are foreign
nationals.
Canton Glarus population growth accessed 9
September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased
at a rate of -8.7%. Most of the population ( ) speaks German
(90.6%), with Turkish being second most common ( 3.1%) and Italian
being third ( 2.7%).
In the 2007
federal
election the most popular party was the
SPS which received
46.6% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the
SVP with 41.8% of the
vote.
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Haslen
about 66.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed
either non-mandatory
upper secondary education
or additional higher education (either University or a
Fachhochschule).
Haslen has an unemployment rate of 0.93%. , there were 21 people
employed in the
primary
economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this
sector. 96 people are employed in the
secondary sector and there
are 13 businesses in this sector. 74 people are employed in the
tertiary sector, with
24 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year |
population |
| 1777 |
137 |
| 1850 |
787 |
| 1900 |
766 |
| 1950 |
769 |
| 1980 |
489 |
| 2000 |
649 |
|
References
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed
10-Sep-2009
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