Alberswil

Geschichte

Alberswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryAlberswil is first mentioned around 1220 as Alberswile.GeographyAlberswil has an area, of 3.6km2. Of this area, 73.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (classed as other, not water, unproductive land)., 18.16% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 70.95% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.79% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.35% is covered with buildings, 0.56% is industrial, 0.56% is classed as special developments, and 3.35% is transportation infrastructure.The municipality is located on the edge of the Wauwilermoos bog. It consists of the linear village of Alberswil, the hamlet of Burgrain and Schloss (castle) Kasteln.DemographicsAlberswil has a population of., 65 or about 11.4% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.7%. Most of the population speaks German (91.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Turkish being third ( 1.9%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 41.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (30.5%), the SVP (17.7%) and the Green Party (7%).