Dierikon

Geschichte

Dierikon is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryDierikon is first mentioned around 1270-80 as Dierinkon.GeographyDierikon has an area of 2.8km2. Of this area, 59.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 22.34% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 54.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.26% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 6.03% is covered with buildings, 3.9% is industrial, 1.42% is classed as special developments, 1.06% is parks or greenbelts and 4.96% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, the entire area is unproductive flowing water (rivers).The municipality is located in the Ron valley along the road between Lucerne and Cham.DemographicsDierikon has a population of., 13.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.6%. Most of the population speaks German (90.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (29.6%), the FDP (16.1%) and the SPS (11.1%).