Muotathal

, 1799 Muotathal is first mentioned in 1246 as Muthathal and Mutetal. ==Geography==

The village is located in the valley of the river Muota, the Muotatal, with which it shares the name. The municipality is located in a series of valleys on the eastern edge of the canton, on the borders with the cantons of Uri and Glarus. It is the 10th largest municipality area-wise in Switzerland. It consists of the hamlet Ried, village sections of Schachen, Wil, Hinterthal (had its own post office since 1896, though it has now grown together with Schachen), and the hamlet Bisisthal in the Bisistal further upstream of the Muota. It also includes a number of alps (alpine pastures) including Glattalp, Toralp, Charetalp and Goldplangg. The municipality Muotathal has an area of . Of this area, 32.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (44.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality includes the entry site of the Hölloch, which at over 200 km is the longest cave in Switzerland, and currently the second-longest in Europe. ==Demographics==

Muotathal has a population (as of ) of . , 5.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 52.3% male and 47.7% female. The age distribution, , in Muotathal is; 1,069 people or 30.5% of the population is between 0 and 19. 1,017 people or 29.0% are 20 to 39, and 972 people or 27.7% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 251 people or 7.2% are 65 to 74. There are 148 people or 4.2% who are 70 to 79 and 50 people or 1.43% of the population who are over 80. there are 1,154 households, of which 246 households (or about 21.3%) contain only a single individual. 154 or about 13.3% are large households, with at least five members. ==Weather==

Muotathal has an average of 157.8 days of rain per year and on average receives of precipitation. The wettest month is June during which time Muotathal receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 15.9 days. The driest month of the year is October with an average of of precipitation over 15.9 days. ==Gallery==

Image:1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Muotathal Switzerland 04.jpg|Muotathal during the 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Image:1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Muotathal Switzerland 03.jpg|Muotathal in 1973 Image:1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Muotathal Switzerland 01.jpg|Muotathal in 1973 Image:Glatten.jpg|Lake Waldisee in the Bisistal southeast of Mutothal north of the Glatten mountain Image:ETH-BIB-Muotathal-LBS H1-021574.tif|Aerial view (1958) ==References==