Ettiswil

Geschichte

Ettiswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.On January 1, 2006 the municipality of Kottwil, lying several kilometres to the northeast, was incorporated into Ettiswil.HistoryEttiswil is first mentioned around 1070-90. It was mentioned between 1217 and 1222 as Ettiswile.GeographyEttiswil has an area, of 12.5km2. Of this area, 73.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 17.35% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 70.82% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.88% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.04% is covered with buildings, 0.24% is industrial, 0.64% is classed as special developments, and 2.4% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.08% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.56% is other unproductive land.The municipality is located south of the Wauwilermoos.DemographicsEttiswil has a population of., 142 or about 6.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.6%. Most of the population speaks German (96.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 0.3%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (30.2%), the SVP (20.7%) and the SPS (5.6%).