municipality
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in the district of
Willisau
Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the Lucerne canton of Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2006 from the municipalities of Willisau Land (W. Country) and Willisau Stadt (W. Town).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 ...
in
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
Luthern is first mentioned in 1275 as ''Lutrun''.
Geography
Luthern has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 47.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 47.49% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 46.83% is used for farming or pastures, while 1.01% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 1.56% is covered with buildings, 0.16% is industrial, 0.4% is classed as special developments, 0.03% is parks or greenbelts and 1.4% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.61% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.53% is other unproductive land.
The municipality is located in the upper Luthern valley, in the northern ''
Napfgebiet
The Napf is a mountain on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Lucerne. With an altitude of , it is the summit of the Napfgebiet (Napf region), the hilly region lying between Bern and Lucerne. It is counted geologically as part o ...
''. It consists of the village of Luthern and 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 Luthernbad, Hofstatt and Flühlen as well as scattered farm houses.
Demographics
Luthern has a population (as of ) of . , 29 or about 2.1% are not Swiss citizens.LUSTAT-Canton Lucerne Statistical Office accessed 25 August 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -13.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.5%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.7%) and Albanian being third ( 0.6%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 65.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (17.7%), the FDP (12.8%) and the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(2.2%).
The age distribution, , in Luthern is; 375 people or 27.4% of the population is 0–19 years old. 332 people or 24.3% are 20–39 years old, and 417 people or 30.5% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 170 people or 12.4% are 65–79 years old, 66 or 4.8% are 80–89 years old and 9 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 Luthern about 51.4% 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 438 households, of which 84 households (or about 19.2%) contain only a single individual. 106 or about 24.2% are large households, with at least five members. there were 303 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 128 were built only as housing, and 175 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 84 single family homes, 23 double family homes, and 21 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (77) or three (29) story structures. There were only 10 single story buildings and 12 four or more story buildings.
Luthern has an unemployment rate of 0.4%. , there were 358 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 140 businesses involved in this sector. 134 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 22 businesses in this sector. 191 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 28 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 25-Aug-2009 48.4% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 37.5% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Luthern was; 1,263 (83.1%) were Roman Catholic, and 173 (11.4%) were Protestant, with an additional 8 (0.53%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 5 individuals (0.33% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 13 (0.86%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 58 (3.82%) who did not answer the question.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Weather
Luthern has an average of 145.1 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of
precipitation
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. The wettest month is June during which time Luthern receives an average of of precipitation over an average of 12.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 14.5, but with only of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 11.6 days., the weather station elevation is 767 meters above sea level.
Gallery
Luthern-Bad lernejo 291.jpg, Former school building
Napf Cross 2693.jpg, Blick from Napf
Luthern rigardo al kapelo 308.jpg, Chapel Heubärg
Luthern-Bad preghejo 290.jpg, Pilgrimage Church Maria-Heilbronn
Badbrünnlikapelle Maria-Heilbronn Luthern Bad 1.tiff, Pilgrimage Chapel (Badbrünnlikapelle)
Badbrünnlikapelle Maria-Heilbronn Luthern Bad 2.tiff, Pilgrimage Chapel (Badbrünnlikapelle)
Badbrünnli Maria-Heilbronn Luthern Bad 5.tiff, Fountain Badbrünnli