Walchwil

Geschichte

Walchwil is a village and a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.HistoryWalchwil is first mentioned in 1283 as Walchwile.GeographyWalchwil has an area, of 13.5km2. Of this area, 41.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located on the eastern shore of Lake Zug on the south side of Zugerberg (1000m). It consists of the villages of Walchwil and Oberdorf (also known as Emmeten).DemographicsWalchwil has a population of., 29.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.6%. Most of the population speaks German (82.4%), with English being second most common ( 6.1%) and French being third ( 1.8%).In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 35.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.1%), the FDP (16.6%) and the Green Party (10.1%).In Walchwil about 82% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).