Nebikon

Geschichte

Nebikon is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryNebikon is first mentioned in 924 as Nevinhova.GeographyNebikon has an area, of 3.7km2. Of this area, 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive rivers., 40.05% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 35.22% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.96% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 9.95% is covered with buildings, 4.84% is industrial, 1.34% is parks or greenbelts and 4.57% is transportation infrastructure. The municipality is located at the confluence of the Luthern and Wigger rivers.DemographicsNebikon has a population of., 585 or about 25.7% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.5%. Most of the population speaks German (84.4%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 5.2%) and Albanian being third ( 2.0%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 41.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28.6%), the SVP (21%) and the SPS (4.2%).