Zell (Lucerne)

Geschichte

Zell is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.GeographyZell has an area, of 13.9km2. Of this area, 68% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 22.78% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 64.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.03% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.96% is covered with buildings, 1.15% is industrial, 2.02% is classed as special developments, 0.22% is parks or greenbelts and 2.52% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.22% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14% is other unproductive land.DemographicsZell has a population of., 157 or about 8.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.3%. Most of the population speaks German (94.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.8%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 41.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (24.5%), the SVP (22.4%) and the SPS (5.1%).The age distribution, in Zell is; 496 people or 25.8% of the population is 0–19 years old. 503 people or 26.1% are 20–39 years old, and 637 people or 33.1% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 202 people or 10.5% are 65–79 years old, 77 or 4% are 80–89 years old and 9 people or 0.5% of the population are 90+ years old.