Wolhusen is a

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

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

Wolhusen has an area of . Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 32.61% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 54.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.27% is covered with buildings, 0.56% is industrial, 0.42% is classed as special developments, 0.14% is parks or greenbelts and 3.29% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.56% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14% is other unproductive land. On 1 January 2013 the municipality of Wolhusen moved from the Sursee District to the

Entlebuch District Entlebuch District is one of six districts (german: Wahlkreise) of the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its administrative center is the village of Schüpfheim. Entlebuch District roughly corresponds to the basin of the river Kleine Emme. The distri ...

.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 9 February 2013

Demographics

Wolhusen has a population (as of ) of . , 14.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.1%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 47.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (21.5%), the FDP (17%) and the

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(7%). The age distribution in Wolhusen is; 1,031 people or 24.9% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,159 people or 28% are 20–39 years old, and 1,312 people or 31.7% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 460 people or 11.1% are 65–79 years old, 149 or 3.6% are 80–89 years old and 34 people or 0.8% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics
accessed 12 August 2009 In Wolhusen about 66.2% 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 1,440 households, of which 375 households (or about 26.0%) contain only a single individual. 187 or about 13.0% are large households, with at least five members. there were 668 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 487 were built only as housing, and 181 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 279 single family homes, 94 double family homes, and 114 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (230) or three (184) story structures. There were only 17 single story buildings and 56 four or more story buildings. Wolhusen has an unemployment rate of 1.78%. , there were 191 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 73 businesses involved in this sector. 392 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 constructi ...

and there are 36 businesses in this sector. 1451 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 121 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 24-Aug-2009 49.6% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 42.5% of the workforce. the religious membership of Wolhusen was; 3,120 (76.4%) were Roman Catholic, and 343 (8.4%) were Protestant, with an additional 55 (1.35%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 212 individuals (5.19% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 14 (0.34%) individuals who belong to another religion (not listed), 156 (3.82%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 186 (4.55%) who did not answer the question.

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne