Glarus GL
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Social Democratic Party (1 seat):
Werner Marti
Senate:
This Jenny, Swiss People’s Party and Fritz Schiesser, Radical Party
Pankraz Freitag, Marianne Dürst
Jakob Kamm
Rolf Widmer
Röbi Marti
26
23
12
12
6
1
Capital: Glarus
Area: 685 km2
Number of communes (2006): 27
Resident population (2005): 38’100
Foreign population (2005): 21%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 69’865
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.3%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1352
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