Hasle is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

. Hasle is part of the

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve since 2001.

History

Hasle is first mentioned in 1236 as ''Hasile'' in a letter by Pope Gregory IX to the monastery of Engelberg. Along with other places of the Entlebuch valley, Hasle was brought into the sphere of influence of the city of Lucerne as from 1385. In 1653 the rebellious forces of the

Swiss Peasant War The Swiss peasant war of 1653 () was a popular revolt in the Old Swiss Confederacy at the time of the Ancien Régime. A devaluation of Bernese money caused a tax revolt that spread from the Entlebuch valley in the Canton of Lucerne to the Emmen ...

gathered at Heiligkreuz above the Hasle in order to swear an oath of allegiance.

Geography

Hasle has an area of . Of this area, 50.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 39.58% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 50.12% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 0.87% is covered with buildings, 0.05% is industrial, 0.22% is classed as special developments, 0.12% is parks or greenbelts and 1.59% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.24% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 5.71% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located on the both banks of 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 ...

. It consists of the

linear village Linearity is the property of a mathematical relationship (''function'') that can be graphically represented as a straight line. Linearity is closely related to '' proportionality''. Examples in physics include rectilinear motion, the linear r ...

of Hasle and the place of pilgrimage/ski resort of Heiligkreuz on the east side of the Emme. On the western side of the river are the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

of Habschwanden and Änetegg.

Demographics

Hasle has a population (as of ) of . , 1.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.9%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 47.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (33%), the FDP (13%) and the

SPS SPS may refer to: Law and government * Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the WTO * NATO Science for Peace and Security * Single Payment Scheme, an EU agricultural subsidy * The Standard Procurement System, fo ...

(4.2%). The age distribution in Hasle is; 485 people or 28.4% of the population is 0–19 years old. 406 people or 23.8% are 20–39 years old, and 541 people or 31.7% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 209 people or 12.2% are 65–79 years old, 65 or 3.8% are 80–89 years old and 3 people or 0.2% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics
accessed 12 August 2009 62.5% 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 583 households, 132 of which (about 22.6%) contain only a single individual. 105 or about 18.0% are large households, with at least five members. there were 384 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 211 were built only as housing, and 173 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 142 single family homes, 43 double family homes, and 26 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (140) or three (45) story structures. There were only 14 single story buildings and 12 four or more story buildings. Hasle has an unemployment rate of 0.76%. , there were 299 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 94 businesses involved in this sector. 285 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...

and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 221 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 44 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 17-Aug-2009 49.3% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 38.1% of the workforce. According to a census in the year 2000, religious affiliations of the population were as follows: 1,593 inhabitants (93.7%) were Roman Catholic; 54 (3.2%) were Protestant; 8 (0.47%) were of some other Christian faith; 18 (1.06% of the population) were Muslim; 17 (1.0%) did not belong to any organized religion. The historical population is given in the following table:

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* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne