Grosswangen is a

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in the district of

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in the

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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

Grosswangen is first mentioned in 893 as ''Wanga''.

Geography

Grosswangen has an area of . Of this area, 78.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 15.34% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 71.86% is used for farming or pastures, while 6.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.56% is covered with buildings, 0.3% is industrial, 0.2% is classed as special developments, 0.15% is parks or greenbelts and 1.73% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.3% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.15% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located in the lower ''Rottal''. It consists of the sections of Innerdorf, Oberdorf, Roth, Sigerswil and Stettenbach.

Demographics

Grosswangen has a population (as of ) of . , 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.9%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 38% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (29.1%), the SVP (24.6%) and the

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(4.1%). The age distribution in Grosswangen is; 806 people or 27.8% of the population is 0–19 years old. 793 people or 27.4% are 20–39 years old, and 952 people or 32.9% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 235 people or 8.1% are 65–79 years old, 99 or 3.4% are 80–89 years old and 11 people or 0.4% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics
accessed 12 August 2009 The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Grosswangen about 70.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). there are 905 households, of which 217 households (or about 24.0%) contain only a single individual. 181 or about 20.0% are large households, with at least five members. there were 531 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 328 were built only as housing, and 203 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 222 single family homes, 63 double family homes, and 43 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (197) or three (91) story structures. There were only 23 single story buildings and 17 four or more story buildings. Grosswangen has an unemployment rate of 1.16%. , there were 359 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 124 businesses involved in this sector. 331 people are employed in the

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and there are 42 businesses in this sector. 382 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

, with 61 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 21-Aug-2009 50.9% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40% of the workforce. the religious membership of Grosswangen was; 2,358 (86.3%) were Roman Catholic, and 130 (4.8%) were Protestant, with an additional 18 (0.66%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 86 individuals (3.15% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 6 (0.22%) individuals who belong to another religion, 62 (2.27%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 71 (2.6%) who did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:

Pictures

Grosswangen_01.jpg, Grosswangen : Catholic Church of Saint Conrad - north façade (main façade) Grosswangen_04.jpg, Grosswangen : Catholic Church of Saint Conrad - west & south façade Grosswangen_09.jpg, Grosswangen : Catholic Church of Saint Conrad - interior view Grosswangen_12.jpg, Grosswangen : Catholic Church of Saint Conrad - interior view, choir loft windows

References

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* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne