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
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 ...
.
On February 27, 2013, a gunman opened fire in a Kronospan wood-processing plant, killing four.
History
Menznau is first mentioned in 1185 as ''Menzenowa''.
Geography
Menznau has an area, , of . Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 34.71% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 56.38% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.79% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.3% is covered with buildings, 0.62% is industrial, 0.33% is classed as special developments, 0.13% is parks or greenbelts and 2.01% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.39% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.23% is other unproductive land.
It consists of the village sections of Menznau, Geiss and Menzberg. The municipality's lake, the
Tuetenseeli
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Tuetenseeli (Tuetesee) is a lake in Menznau
Menznau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
On February 27, 2013, a gunman opened fire in a Kronospan wood-processing plant, killing four.
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, and its bog are a nature preserve.
Demographics
Menznau has a population (as of ) of . , 189 or about 6.8% 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 -3.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.3%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 45.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (25.7%), the FDP (21.2%) and the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(3.2%).
The age distribution, , in Menznau is; 767 people or 27.7% of the population is 0–19 years old. 728 people or 26.3% are 20–39 years old, and 916 people or 33.1% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 264 people or 9.5% are 65–79 years old, 67 or 2.4% are 80–89 years old and 29 people or 1% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics accessed 12 August 2009
In Menznau about 58.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule
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'').
there are 929 households, of which 215 households (or about 23.1%) contain only a single individual. 174 or about 18.7% are large households, with at least five members. there were 519 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 289 were built only as housing, and 230 were
mixed use
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buildings. There were 176 single family homes, 54 double family homes, and 59 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (144) or three (102) story structures. There were only 18 single story buildings and 25 four or more story buildings.
Menznau has an unemployment rate of 1.02%. , there were 392 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 133 businesses involved in this sector. 648 people are employed in the
secondary sector
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and there are 34 businesses in this sector. 487 people are employed in the
tertiary sector
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, with 63 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 25-Aug-2009 51.3% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 38.9% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Menznau was; 2,389 (83.8%) were Roman Catholic, and 212 (7.4%) were Protestant, with an additional 13 (0.46%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 64 individuals (2.25% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 11 (0.39%) individuals who belong to another religion (not listed), 47 (1.65%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 114 (4.%) who did not answer the question.
The historical population is given in the following table:
: Geiss had a population of about 85