Bezirk March
SchwyzBezirk March is one of 6 districts of the canton of Schwyz and comprises 9 municipalities with 46'845 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.
Votes in Bezirk March
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 115 % % in Altendorf to 180 % % in Reichenburg (median 155 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 6.8 % in Altendorf to 8.2 % in Reichenburg (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (30.454–37.298 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk March rank
sum of its municipalities3 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk March?
- Bezirk March comprises 9 municipalities: Schübelbach, Lachen, Altendorf, Wangen, Galgenen, Reichenburg, Tuggen, Vorderthal, Innerthal. Together they have 46'845 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk March in?
- Bezirk March lies in the canton of Schwyz, which is divided into 6 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk March?
- Bezirk March has 46'845 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 9 municipalities; the largest is Schübelbach with 9'919.
- Does Bezirk March have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk March the municipal rate ranges from 115 % (Altendorf) to 180 % (Reichenburg).
- How did Bezirk March vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Bezirk March voted 62.5 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.