Gurtnellen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 1.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (61.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the settled areas, 0.2% is covered with buildings, 0.1% is industrial, 0.2% is classed as special developments, and 0.8% is transportation infrastructure.

It consists of the village sections of Dorf, Wiler, Intschi, Arni as well as part of the area on the left side of the Reuss near Amsteg and Silenen.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (97.3%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 1.6%) and French being third ( 0.5%).