Doppleschwand

Geschichte

Doppleschwand is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryDoppleschwand is first mentioned in 1275 as Togelswande or Towenswande.GeographyDoppleschwand has an area of 7km2. Of this area, 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 36.55% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 53.38% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.59% is covered with buildings, 0.14% is industrial, 0.43% is classed as special developments, and 2.16% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 2.3% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14 is other unproductive land.The municipality is made up of the linear village of Doppleschwand which is located on the terrace between the Grosse Fontanne and the Kleine Emme rivers. It consists of the village of Doppleschwand and the hamlets of Gober, Holz and Oberhüseren.DemographicsDoppleschwand has a population of., 2.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.9%. Most of the population speaks German (97.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Dutch being third ( 0.3%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 62% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23%), the FDP (10.8%) and the SPS (2.8%).