# Dallenwil

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**Dallenwil** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Switzerland) in the [canton](/source/Cantons_of_Switzerland) of [Nidwalden](/source/Nidwalden) in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland).

## History

Dallenwil is first mentioned about 1199-1210 as *Tellewilare* or *Telliwilare*. In 1850 it was known as *Thalwyl* and it wasn't until 1913 that it became Dallenwil.[1]

## Geography

Dallenwil has an area, As of 2006, of 15.5 square kilometers (6.0 sq mi). Of this area, 53.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[2]

The municipality is located along the old cantonal highway from [Stans](/source/Stans) to [Wolfenschiessen](/source/Wolfenschiessen) and around the [parish church](/source/Parish_church).

## Demographics

Dallenwil has a population (as of ) of . As of 2007, 7.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[3] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.8%. Most of the population (As of 2000) speaks German (95.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.7%).[2] As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 51.0% male and 49.0% female.

As of 2000 there are 607 households, of which 336 households (or about 55.4%) contain only one or two individuals. 82 or about 13.5% are large households, with at least five members.[4]

In the [2007 federal election](/source/2007_Swiss_federal_election) the most popular party was the [FDP](/source/Free_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland) which received 81.6% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (15.1%).[2]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dallenwil about 68.2% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory [upper secondary education](/source/Education_in_Switzerland#Secondary) or additional higher education (either University or a *[Fachhochschule](/source/Fachhochschule)*).[2]

Dallenwil has an unemployment rate of 0.92%. As of 2005, there were 145 people employed in the [primary economic sector](/source/Primary_sector_of_the_economy) and about 52 businesses involved in this sector. 165 people are employed in the [secondary sector](/source/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy) and there are 18 businesses in this sector. 245 people are employed in the [tertiary sector](/source/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy), with 50 businesses in this sector.[2]

The historical population is given in the following table:[1]

year population 1850 731 1900 612 1950 869 1980 1,142 1990 1,508 2000 1,732 2005 1,756

## Transport

Dallenwil is served by [Dallenwil station](/source/Dallenwil_railway_station) on the [Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line](/source/Luzern%E2%80%93Stans%E2%80%93Engelberg_railway_line). [Lucerne S-Bahn](/source/Lucerne_S-Bahn) [S4](/source/S4_(Lucerne_S-Bahn)) service provides two trains per hour to and from [Lucerne](/source/Lucerne), and the hourly [InterRegio](/source/InterRegio) service between Lucerne and Engelberg also stops in Stans.[5]

## Sights

The main sights of Dallenwil are the ski and summer resort *Wiesenberg/Wirzweli*, the church *St. Laurentius*, and the pilgrimage chapel *Wiesenberg*.

## References

1. [Swiss Federal Statistical Office](http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html) January 5, 2016 at the Wayback Machine accessed 04-Sep-2009

1. [Nidwalden Statistical Office-Population](http://www.nw.ch/de/verwaltung/departemente/welcome.php?departement_id=12&page=5&action=download&id=2575) (in German) accessed 4 September 2009

1. [Nidwalden Statistical Office-Municipalities](http://www.nw.ch/de/onlinemain/publikationen/welcome.php?action=download&amt_id=&id=2200)[dead link] (in German) accessed 4 September 2009

1. ["Luzern–Stans–Engelberg"](http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2013/480.pdf). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-14.

## External links

- [Dallenwil.ch](http://www.dallenwil.ch) (in German) official website

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