Mauensee

Geschichte

Mauensee is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryMauensee is first mentioned around 1190 as Moginse.GeographyMauensee has an area of 7.2km2. Of this area, 68.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 17.15% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 64.85% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.63% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.07% is covered with buildings, 0.56% is industrial, 0.28% is classed as special developments, 0.14% is parks or greenbelts and 2.79% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 6.69% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.14% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.7% is other unproductive land.The municipality is located along Lake Mauensee. It consists of the village of Mauensee and the hamlets of Bognau and Kaltbach as well as houses along the lake.DemographicsMauensee has a population of 1,126, of which 7.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 20.2%. Most of the population speaks German (96.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.0%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 28.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (26.1%), the SVP (22.2%) and the Green Party (11%).