Which municipality in canton Uri is the remotest?

Realp: 159 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the highest value in canton Uri. Source: ARE (NPVM).

How is the travel time measured?

It is the modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich), computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model. It includes access, egress and transfers, refers to the {year} timetable, and measures connectivity, not straight-line distance.

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Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The remotest municipalities in canton Uri

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Realp is the remotest municipality in canton Uri: 159 minutes by public transport to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). Hospental (155 min) and Spiringen (141 min) follow. Source: ARE, National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), 2025.

Ranking

ARE · NPVM · 2025

Rank	Municipality	PT travel time	Residents
1	Realp	159 min	157
2	Hospental	155 min	176
3	Spiringen	141 min	872
4	Unterschächen	141 min	737
5	Andermatt	137 min	1'603
6	Wassen	136 min	425
7	Seelisberg	133 min	724
8	Isenthal	121 min	461
9	Göschenen	117 min	482
10	Flüelen	108 min	2'048
11	Seedorf	101 min	2'054
12	Gurtnellen	99 min	501
13	Attinghausen	87 min	1'781
14	Sisikon	87 min	399
15	Silenen	83 min	2'080
16	Bürglen	82 min	3'923
17	Schattdorf	80 min	5'555
18	Altdorf	74 min	10'618
19	Erstfeld	73 min	3'985

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

How we measure this

ARE · NPVM

Modelled public-transport travel time from the municipality to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, in minutes (including access and egress). Basis: the ARE National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), reference state 2025. The NPVM is divided into traffic zones; each municipality is assigned the zone at its populated centre. A higher value means a longer trip to the nearest centre.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Uri is the remotest?: Realp: 159 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the highest value in canton Uri. Source: ARE (NPVM).
How is the travel time measured?: It is the modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich), computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model. It includes access, egress and transfers, refers to the {year} timetable, and measures connectivity, not straight-line distance.