The villages can be reached by road from Sisikon (Canton of Uri).

Of the rest of the land, 0.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (25%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[3] As of 2000[update] the gender distribution of the population was 57.6% male and 42.4% female.

The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Riemenstalden is; 12 people or 20.3% of the population is between 0 and 19.

[5] In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 59.5% of the vote.