Triengen

Geschichte

Triengen is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.On 1 January 2005, Triengen merged with the municipalities of Kulmerau and Wilihof, the new municipality was known as Triengen. Then on 1 January 2009 Triengen and Winikon merged, again keeping the name of Triengen.GeographyBefore the merger, Triengen had an area of 14.5km2. Of this area, 65.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 25.09% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 59.06% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.57% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.03% is covered with buildings, 0.54% is industrial, 0.72% is classed as special developments, 0.27% is parks or greenbelts and 3.4% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.27% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.05% is other unproductive land.The merged municipality has an area of 22.08km2DemographicsTriengen has a population of., 25.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. The combined municipality has a population of 4,295 of which 22.0% are foreign. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.4%, while the merged municipality has grown at a slower 6.2%. Most of the population speaks German (85.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 5.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 2.9%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 33.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (27.6%), the SVP (25.4%) and the SPS (6.2%).