Realp (archaic : Frialp)Abegg, Emil, Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 54. is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
History Realp is first mentioned in 1363 as Riealb.
Geography
Realp has an area, , of . Of this area, 41.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (55.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 0.2% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops and 40.0% is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.1% is covered with buildings, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 1.1% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 43.3% is too rocky for vegetation, and 10.9% is other unproductive land.Canton Uri - Ground use statistics accessed 8 September 2009
The municipality is located on the rise into the Furka Pass.
Demographics Realp has a population (as of ) of . , 7.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -22.7%. All of the population () speaks German.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 09-Sep-2009 the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.Uri Population statistics accessed 8 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 96.2% of the vote.
In Realp about 50% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Realp has an unemployment rate of 0.74%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 63 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 16 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:Uri in Numbers 2009/10 edition accessed 8 September 2009 year population 1799 170 1850 203 1900 208 1980 308 2000 146 2005 161 2007 153 2008 153 2010 144 2013 148 2014 143
Ski area
Realp has a small T-bar with a beginner run. It is part of the Skiarena Andermatt-Sedrun. Nearby there is cross-country skiing, and a biathlon course.
Transport The municipality is served by two railway stations; Realp, and Realp DFB on the heritage railway.
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