Geuensee

Geschichte

Geuensee is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryGeuensee is first mentioned around 1217-22 as de Geînwison.GeographyGeuensee has an area of 6.4km2. Of this area, 74.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 15.09% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 69.83% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.67% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 6.22% is covered with buildings, 0.47% is industrial, 0.62% is classed as special developments, 0.16% is parks or greenbelts and 2.8% is transportation infrastructure. All of the unproductive areas are classed as unproductive flowing water (rivers).The municipality is located in the Suhrental. It consists of the village of Geuensee and the hamlets of Krummbach and Hunzikon.DemographicsGeuensee has a population of., 23.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.6%. Most of the population speaks German (85.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 5.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.7%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 30.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (25.5%), the FDP (18.9%) and the Green Party (12.5%).