Hergiswil b. Willisau

Geschichte

Hergiswil bei Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryHergiswil bei Willisau is first mentioned in 1246 as de Hergosswile.GeographyHergiswil bei Willisau has an area, of 31.3km2. Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 36.66% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 56.84% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.42% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 1.72% is covered with buildings, 0.06% is industrial, 0.19% is classed as special developments, 0.1% is parks or greenbelts and 1.47% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.19% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.35% is other unproductive land.The municipality is located in the upper valley of the Enziwigger river in the northern Napfgebiet. It is a typical, for the alpine region, settlement of scattered farmhouses, alpine meadow grazing and forestry settlements.DemographicsHergiswil bei Willisau has a population of., 54 or about 3.0% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.5%. Most of the population speaks German (98.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.3%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 54.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (24%), the FDP (15.3%) and the SPS (2.6%).