Emmetten

Geschichte

Emmetten is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.HistoryEmmetten is first mentioned about 1160 as Empnoten.GeographyEmmetten has an area, of 25km2. Of this area, 37.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (13.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located along the cantonal highway between Beckenried and Seelisberg on both sides of the Egg crossing over the edge of Lake Lucerne.DemographicsEmmetten has a population of., 15.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%. Most of the population speaks German (91.8%), with English being second most common ( 1.8%) and Italian being third ( 1.5%). the gender distribution of the population was 53.4% male and 46.6% female.there are 487 households, of which 310 households (or about 63.7%) contain only one or two individuals. 36 or about 7.4% are large households, with at least five members.In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 87.1% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.9%).In Emmetten about 69.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).