Riedern

Riedern
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Riedern
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Coordinates: 47°2′N 9°3′E / 47.033°N 9.050°E / 47.033; 9.050
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Glarus
District	n.a.
Area
• Total	1.51 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Elevation	529 m (1,736 ft)
Population  (December 2020)
• Total	734
• Density	486/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	8750
SFOS number	1625
ISO 3166 code	CH-GL
Surrounded by	Glarus, Netstal
Website	www.riedern.ch

Riedern is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Riedern is part of the municipality of Glarus.

Riedern is first mentioned in 1350 as Riedern.¹

Riedern has an area, as of 2006, of 1.5 km² (0.58 sq mi). Of this area, 23.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).²

Riedern is at the entrance to the Klöntal and is north-west of Glarus.

Riedern had a population (as of 2010) of 734. As of 2007, 16.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.³ Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (82.3%), with Italian being second most common ( 8.4%) and Turkish being third ( 4.5%).²

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 49% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 39.6% of the vote.²

About 62.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).²

Riedern has an unemployment rate of 2.31%. As of 2005, there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 41 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 35 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.²

The historical population is given in the following table:¹