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Bezirk Gersau

Schwyz

Bezirk Gersau is one of 6 districts of the canton of Schwyz and comprises 1 municipalities with 2'505 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Votes in Bezirk Gersau

district results as published by BFS
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
34.9% YesNo 65.1%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes
61.2% YesNo 38.8%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
55.0% YesNo 45.0%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% Yes
41.8% YesNo 58.3%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes
41.6% YesNo 58.4%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes
44.0% YesNo 56.0%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes
69.8% YesNo 30.2%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes
67.7% YesNo 32.3%
All federal votes →
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP27.8% · strongest party
SVP27.8%
FDP24.5%
Mitte22.6%
SP10.7%
Übrige7.1%
GRÜNE3.9%
GLP3.1%
EVP0.3%
Gersau
145 %
median of its municipalities
145 %
Gersau
145 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 145 % % in Gersau to 145 % % in Gersau (median 145 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 7.4 % in Gersau to 7.4 % in Gersau (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
1.41 %
Dwellings
1'627
Avg. rooms
3.6
Built before 1946
48.0%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+43 +1.8%
births
21
deaths
22
net migration
+31
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
560
Workplaces
199
Services share
66.3 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 102 (18.2%) · Secondary 87 (15.5%) · Tertiary 371 (66.3%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
35
Organic share
60 %
Farmland
478 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
8.4 °C
Precipitation
1'555 mm
Elevation
434–1'655 m
Flat share
38.7%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
15 GWh
Electricity
27.4 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
112 min
Road to centre
62 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (27.379–27.379 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

MunicipalitiesLargest municipalitiesForeign residentsTax burden
Gersau20/304/3010/30

1 of these postal codes reach across the district border.

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Gersau?
Bezirk Gersau comprises 1 municipalities: Gersau. Together they have 2'505 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Gersau in?
Bezirk Gersau lies in the canton of Schwyz, which is divided into 6 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Gersau?
Bezirk Gersau has 2'505 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 1 municipalities; the largest is Gersau with 2'505.
Does Bezirk Gersau have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Gersau the municipal rate ranges from 145 % (Gersau) to 145 % (Gersau).
How did Bezirk Gersau vote in the latest federal vote?
On 27.09.2026, Bezirk Gersau voted 21.9 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.