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 in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Ohmstal merged into the municipality of
Schötz
Schötz is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Ohmstal merged into the municipality of Schötz.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 9 February 2013
History
Ohmstal is first mentioned around 1150 as ''Omistal''. In the 15th to 17th Centuries it was known as ''Amanstal''.
Geography
Before the merger, Ohmstal had a total area of . Of this area, 67.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive rivers. , 26.56% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 65.63% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.23% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.23% is covered with buildings, 0.22% is industrial, 0.22% is classed as special developments, 0.22% is parks or greenbelts and 2.01% is transportation infrastructure.
The former municipality is located on the left sided of the Luthern river valley.
Demographics
Ohmstal had a population (as of 2010) of 312. accessed 12 February 2013 , 19 or about 6.0% are not Swiss citizens. accessed 25 August 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.7%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 0.9%) and French being third ( 0.3%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.2%), the FDP (16.2%) and the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
(6.5%).
The age distribution, , in Ohmstal is; 77 people or 24.2% of the population is 0–19 years old. 81 people or 25.5% are 20–39 years old, and 115 people or 36.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 31 people or 9.7% are 65–79 years old, 11 or 3.5% are 80–89 years old and 3 people or 0.9% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics accessed 12 August 2009
In Ohmstal about 73% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule'').
there are 102 households, of which 16 households (or about 15.7%) contain only a single individual. 22 or about 21.6% are large households, with at least five members. there were 68 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 42 were built only as housing, and 26 were
mixed use
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buildings. There were 29 single family homes, 9 double family homes, and 4 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (29) or three (7) story structures. There were only 3 single story buildings and 3 four or more story buildings.
Ohmstal has an unemployment rate of 0.68%. , there were 66 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 26 people are employed in the
secondary sector
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and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 22 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 9 businesses in this sector. 52.7% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 37.7% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Ohmstal was; 249 (78.5%) were Roman Catholic, and 46 (14.5%) were Protestant. Of the rest; there were 20 (6.31%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 2 (0.63%) who did not answer the question.
The historical population is given in the following table: