Unterland (electoral district)

This article is about Liechtensteiner electoral district. For Austrian electoral district, see Lowland (National Council electoral district).

Unterland Wahlkreis Unterland
Electoral district of Liechtenstein
Coordinates: 47°14′0.98″N 9°32′53.01″E
Country	Liechtenstein
Seat	Schellenberg
Municipalities	5 (Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren, Ruggell, Schellenberg)
Area
• Total	34.8 km^2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	13,986
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+423)

Unterland (German: Wahlkreis Unterland), meaning "lower land", is one of the two electoral districts of Liechtenstein.^[1] The district's administrative seat is the town of Schellenberg, due to its historical existence as the Lordship of Schellenberg (German: Herrschaft Schellenberg). It has 10 seats in the Landtag.

Geography

The district is less populous than Oberland (the other district) and takes up between a fifth and a sixth of Liechtenstein's total area. It comprises five municipalities and three villages, for a total of eight settlements.^[2]

Municipality	Pop. (2014)	Area (km^2)	Hamlets
Eschen	4,313	10.3	Nendeln
Gamprin	1,657	6.1	Bendern
Mauren	4,189	7.5	Schaanwald
Ruggell	2,146	7.4	none
Schellenberg	1,053	3.5	Hinterschellenberg

See also

• Oberland (electoral district)
• Landtag of Liechtenstein
• NUTS statistical regions of Liechtenstein
• Lists of electoral districts by nation

References

1. (in German) Politics and electoral districts of Liechtenstein
2. 1156141 (x j a h) Unterland on OpenStreetMap

External links

Media related to Unterland at Wikimedia Commons