Views of Alps in Elm, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Описание: Elm is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Elm lies in the valley of the Sernf river, and consists of the village of Elm itself, and the hamlets of Sulzbach, Schwändi, Müsli, Untertal, Vogelsang, Töniberg, Obmoos, Steinibach and Wald.

The village of Elm is situated at an elevation of 977 m (3,205 ft).

Elm has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 626. As of 2007, 4.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years, the population has decreased at a rate of -16.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (96.5%), with Portuguese being the second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.8%).

The major occupation of Elm has been agriculture, including sheepherding since 1000. In the 18th century, the wool industry (home-based) became an important economic factor. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, beef cattle were pastured in the Alps in summer for export to Italy.

From 1929 to the present, the only industry in Elm has been the production of mineral water.

Source: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm,_Sw...


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