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 January 1, 2006 the former municipalities of
Langnau bei Reiden
Reiden is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the former municipalities of Langnau bei Reiden and Richenthal were united in the new municipality of Reiden.
Geography
Reiden has ...
and Richenthal were united in the new municipality of Reiden.
Geography
Reiden has an area, , of . Of this area, 52.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 36.67% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 49.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.19% is covered with buildings, 0.78% is industrial, 0.59% is classed as special developments, 0.37% is parks or greenbelts and 3.26% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.41% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.07% is other unproductive land.
Demographics
Reiden has a population (as of ) of . , 1,332 or about 21.0% are not Swiss citizens.LUSTAT-Canton Lucerne Statistical Office accessed 25 August 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4%. Most of the population () speaks German (86.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 5.3%) and Italian being third ( 2.5%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 29.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28.8%), the SVP (28.2%) and the
SPS
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Law and government
* Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the WTO
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* Single Payment Scheme, an EU agricultural subsidy
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(7%).
The age distribution, , in Reiden is; 1,491 people or 23.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,706 people or 26.9% are 20–39 years old, and 2,233 people or 35.3% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 699 people or 11% are 65–79 years old, 179 or 2.8% are 80–89 years old and 26 people or 0.4% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics accessed 12 August 2009
In Reiden about 63.5% 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 2,154 households, of which 601 households (or about 27.9%) contain only a single individual. 274 or about 12.7% are large households, with at least five members. there were 1,066 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 816 were built only as housing, and 250 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 558 single family homes, 105 double family homes, and 153 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (467) or three (230) story structures. There were only 67 single story buildings and 52 four or more story buildings.
Reiden has an unemployment rate of 2.16%. , there were 240 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 84 businesses involved in this sector. 1146 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 75 businesses in this sector. 1083 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 177 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 26-Aug-2009 50.3% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 39.7% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Reiden was; 3,880 (65.1%) were Roman Catholic, and 999 (16.8%) were Protestant, with an additional 106 (1.78%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 1 individuals (0.02% of the population) who are Jewish. There are 481 individuals (8.07% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 26 (0.44%) individuals who belong to another religion (not listed), 277 (4.65%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 188 (3.16%) who did not answer the question.