Inwil

Geschichte

Inwil is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryInwil is first mentioned in 1145 as Ingenwilare.GeographyInwil has an area of 10.3km2. Of this area, 70.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 16.18% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 67.15% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.49% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.14% is covered with buildings, 1.07% is industrial, 1.16% is classed as special developments, 0.1% is parks or greenbelts and 4.17% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.26% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.29% is other unproductive land.The municipality is located in the Reuss River valley (Reusstal) on the border with the Canton of Aargau.DemographicsInwil has a population of., 7.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 23.8%. Most of the population speaks German (95.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.5%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.2%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 34.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (32.8%), the FDP (20.5%) and the SPS (6%).