Lachen (; High Alemannic: Lache) is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

History

thumb|left|Aerial view by [[Walter Mittelholzer (1919)]]

Lachen is first mentioned around 1217–22 as de Lachun. In the background one of the two towers of the "Pfarrkirche Heilig Kreuz" (anno 1708/11).]]

Lachen has an area of , as of 2006. Of this area, 26.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.8% is forested. Of the remaining land, 62.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

the gender distribution of the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. 1293 people or 20.6% of the population is under 19. 1950 people or 31.1% are 20 to 39, and 2,055 people or 32.8% are 40 to 64. 489 people or 7.8% are 65 to 74. There are 347 people or 5.5% who are 70 to 79 and 138 people or 2.20% of the population who are over 80. There is one person in Lachen who is over 100 years old.

there are 2,817 households, of which 1,039 households (or about 36.9%) contain only one person. 115 or about 4.1% are large households, with at least five occupants.

{| class="wikitable"

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! year

! population

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| 1850

| 1,506

|-

| 1900

| 1,971

|-

| 1950

| 3,458

|-

| 1970

| 4,914

|-

| 1980

| 5,456

|-

| 1990

| 5,995

|-

| 2000

| 6,317

|-

| 2005

| 6,765

|-

| 2007

| 6,977

|-

|2010

|7,809

|-

|2015

|8,480

|-

|2020

|9,137

|-

|}

Weather

Lachen has an average of 149.1 days of rain per year and receives on average of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Lachen receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 14.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 14.7, but with only of precipitation. The driest month of the year is January with an average of of precipitation over 14.2 days.

Transportation

The municipality is located on the A3 motorway.

Lachen railway station is a stop on the Lake Zürich left-bank railway line and served by the Zürich S-Bahn services S2, which runs every half-hour between Zürich and Ziegelbrücke, and S25, which runs hourly between Zürich and Linthal. The journey time to Zürich is between 30 and 40 minutes.

Famous citizens

  • Joachim Raff (1822 in Lachen – 1882) a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist
  • Alessandro Spezialetti (born 1975 in Lachen) an Italian former professional road bicycle racer
  • Maya Bamert (born 1979 in Lachen) a Swiss bobsledder, competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics
  • Josip Drmić (born 1992 in Lachen) a Swiss professional footballer

References

  • Official website