Ebikon (Lucerne)

Geschichte

Ebikon is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryEbikon was first mentioned during the late 9th Century as marcha Abinchova.GeographyEbikon has an area of 9.7km2. Of this area, 38.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 23.94% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 34.06% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.33% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 15.69% is covered with buildings, 1.75% is industrial, 1.55% is classed as special developments, 1.14% is parks or greenbelts and 10.22% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 4.13% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 2.58% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.62% is other unproductive land.The municipality is located along the old highway between Lucerne and Zürich. It consists of the linear village of Ebikon and the greater part of the Rotsee or Red Lake, the upper Ron valley (Rontal) and the town section of Rathausen.DemographicsEbikon has a population of., 20.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.3%. Most of the population speaks German (86.5%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.0%) and Italian being third ( 2.9%).