Doppleschwand is a

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in the district of

Entlebuch Entlebuch is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Entlebuch. The area has been designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2001. History Entlebuch is first mentioned in 1157, as ''Entilibuoch' ...

in the canton of

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

History

Doppleschwand is first mentioned in 1275 as ''Togelswande'' or ''Towenswande''.

Geography

Doppleschwand has an area of . Of this area, 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 36.55% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 53.38% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.59% is covered with buildings, 0.14% is industrial, 0.43% is classed as special developments, and 2.16% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 2.3% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14 is other unproductive land. The municipality is made up of the

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of Doppleschwand which is located on the terrace between the Grosse Fontanne and the

Kleine Emme The Kleine Emme is a river of the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, a left tributary of the Reuss extending for 58 km, draining a basin of 477 km². It is not to be confused with the Emme of the canton of Berne. The Kleine Emme rises as th ...

rivers. It consists of the village of Doppleschwand and the

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of Gober, Holz and Oberhüseren.

Demographics

Doppleschwand has a population (as of ) of . , 2.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.7%), with Albanian being second most common (1.7%) and Dutch being third (0.3%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 62% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23%), the FDP (10.8%) and the

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(2.8%). The age distribution in Doppleschwand is; 215 people or 30.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 209 people or 29.3% are 20–39 years old, and 201 people or 28.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 72 people or 10.1% are 65–79 years old, 12 or 1.7% are 80–89 years old and 5 people or 0.7% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics
accessed 12 August 2009 The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Doppleschwand about 65.6% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

''). there are 217 households, of which 47 households (or about 21.7%) contain only a single individual. 38 or about 17.5% are large households, with at least five members. there were 149 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 91 were built only as housing, and 58 were

mixed use Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some ...

buildings. There were 59 single family homes, 23 two family homes, and 9 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (63) or three (23) story structures. There were only 2 single story buildings and 3 four or more story buildings. Doppleschwand has an unemployment rate of 0.48%. , there were 111 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 34 businesses involved in this sector. 24 people are employed in the

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and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 55 people are employed in the

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, with 17 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 17-Aug-2009 50.4% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 36.2% of the workforce. the religious membership of Doppleschwand was; 620 (94.9%) were Roman Catholic, and 14 (2.1%) were Protestant. There are 9 individuals (1.38% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 3 (0.46%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 7 (1.07%) who did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:

Pictures

Doppleschwand_03.JPG, Doppleschwand : Parish Church of Saint Nicholas - south & west façade Doppleschwand_06.JPG, Doppleschwand : Parish Church of Saint Nicholas - interior view Doppleschwand_07.JPG, Doppleschwand : Parish Church of Saint Nicholas - interior view, high altar Doppleschwand_08.JPG, Doppleschwand : Parish Church of Saint Nicholas - interior view, choir loft window

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne