Werthenstein is a

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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 ...

Geography

Werthenstein has an area of . Of this area, 59.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 32.38% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 56.28% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.31% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.93% is covered with buildings, 1.08% is industrial, 0.38% is classed as special developments, 0.25% is parks or greenbelts and 2.29% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.96% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.13% is other unproductive land.

Demographics

Werthenstein has a population (as of ) of . , 7.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of 0%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.4%), with Italian 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 42.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (31.7%), the FDP (15.4%) and the

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(4.5%). The age distribution in Werthenstein is; 479 people or 25.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 455 people or 24.2% are 20–39 years old, and 650 people or 34.5% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 219 people or 11.6% are 65–79 years old, 73 or 3.9% are 80–89 years old and 6 people or 0.3% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics
accessed 12 August 2009 In Werthenstein about 58.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). there are 697 households, of which 188 households (or about 27.0%) contain only a single individual. 95 or about 13.6% are large households, with at least five members. there were 385 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 225 were built only as housing, and 160 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 148 single family homes, 38 double family homes, and 39 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (104) or three (86) story structures. There were only 12 single story buildings and 23 four or more story buildings. Werthenstein has an unemployment rate of 1.45%. , there were 230 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 88 businesses involved in this sector. 603 people are employed in the

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and there are 31 businesses in this sector. 713 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 58 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 17-Aug-2009 51.3% 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 Werthenstein was; 1,590 (84.%) were Roman Catholic, and 127 (6.7%) were Protestant, with an additional 33 (1.74%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 27 individuals (1.43% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 5 (0.26%) individuals who belong to another religion, 59 (3.12%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 51 (2.7%) who did not answer the question.

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne