 Of the rest of the land, 3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The former municipality is located in the See-Gaster "Wahlkreis" on a terrace above and east of the Linth valley.It consists of the "Haufendorf" village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Rieden and scattered, individual farm houses.