Oberurnen is a former municipality

Municipalities of Switzerland

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 in the canton

Cantons of Switzerland

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 of Glarus

Glarus

Glarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Glarus municipality since 1 January 2011 incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern....

 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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. Effective from 1 January 2011, Oberurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord

Glarus Nord

Glarus Nord is one of three municipalities of the canton of Glarus, Switzerland .Effective from 1 January 2011, Glarus Nord incorporates the former municipalities of Bilten, Filzbach, Mollis, Mühlehorn, Näfels, Niederurnen, Oberurnen and Obstalden....

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Geography

Oberurnen has an area, , of 12.8 km² (4.9 sq mi). Of this area, 45.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 40.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (10.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Oberurnen is located in the Glarner Unterland.

Demographics

Oberurnen has a population (as of ) of . , 24.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.5%. Most of the population speaks German (79.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 8.2%) and Albanian being third ( 3.6%).

In the 2007 federal election

Swiss federal election, 2007

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 the most popular party was the SPS

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

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 which received 44.9% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP

Swiss People's Party

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 with 44.2% of the vote.

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Oberurnen about 56.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule

Fachhochschule

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).

Oberurnen has an unemployment rate of 2.46%. , there were 53 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 82 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 19 businesses in this sector. 129 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 42 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1850	691
1900	862
1950	1,181
2000	1,811