Altdorf, Uri

Altdorf
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Altdorf
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Coordinates: 46°52′N 8°38′E / 46.867°N 8.633°E / 46.867; 8.633
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Uri
District	n.a.
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident/in Urs Kälin SPS/PSS
• Parliament	none (Gemeindeversammlung)
Area [1]
• Total	10.21 km2 (3.94 sq mi)
Elevation (Church St. Martin)	458 m (1,503 ft)
Highest elevation (Eggberge)	1,720 m (5,640 ft)
Lowest elevation (Wildried)	432 m (1,417 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	9,401
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Altdorfer(in)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6460
SFOS number	1201
ISO 3166 code	CH-UR
Surrounded by	Attinghausen, Bürglen, Flüelen, Seedorf
Twin towns	Altdorf b. Nürnberg (Germany)
Website	altdorf.ch SFSO statistics

Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head.^[3]

Aldorf is situated on the right (eastern) bank of the Reuss, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of where the river discharges into the Urnersee, an arm of Lake Lucerne. It is at the junction of two major Alpine passes—Saint Gotthard to the south and the Klausen Pass to the east—and is the last station on the Gotthard railway before the line enters the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel.

The official language of Altdorf is Swiss Standard German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic dialect.