Gettnau

Gettnau

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Gettnau
Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°58′E / 47.467°N 7.967°ECoordinates: 47°28′N 7°58′E / 47.467°N 7.967°E
Country Switzerland
Canton Lucerne
District Willisau
Area[1]
 • Total 6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Elevation 548 m (1,798 ft)
Population (Dec 2013[2])
 • Total 1,035
 • Density 170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal code 6142
SFOS number 1130
Surrounded by Alberswil, Ohmstal, Schötz, Willisau, Zell
Website www.gettnau.ch
Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Gettnau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

History

Gettnau is first mentioned in the 9th Century as Kepinhouva.[3]

Geography

Gettnau has an area, as of 2006, of 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi). Of this area, 53% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4] In the 1997 land survey, 37.13% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 50.17% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.48% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.97% is covered with buildings, 2.15% is industrial, 0.66% is classed as special developments, and 3.96% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.33% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.17% is other unproductive land.[5]

The municipality is located at the entrance to the Luthern valley.

Demographics

Gettnau has a population (as of 31 December 2013) of 1,035.[2] As of 2007, 129 or about 13.1% are not Swiss citizens.[6] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (89.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 5.2%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.4%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 47.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.4%), the FDP (21.4%) and the Green Party (2.1%).

The age distribution, as of 2008, in Gettnau is; 251 people or 25.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 282 people or 28.6% are 20–39 years old, and 327 people or 33.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 103 people or 10.4% are 65–79 years old, 22 or 2.2% are 80–89 years old and 1 people or 0.1% of the population are 90+ years old.[5]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gettnau about 58% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

As of 2000 there are 330 households, of which 79 households (or about 23.9%) contain only a single individual. 54 or about 16.4% are large households, with at least five members.[5] As of 2000 there were 199 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 128 were built only as housing, and 71 were mixed use buildings. There were 99 single family homes, 15 double family homes, and 14 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (71) or three (41) story structures. There were only 10 single story buildings and 6 four or more story buildings.[5]

Gettnau has an unemployment rate of 1.09%. As of 2005, there were 90 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 32 businesses involved in this sector. 229 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 103 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 26 businesses in this sector.[4] As of 2000 52.6% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 36.3% of the workforce.

In the 2000 census the religious membership of Gettnau was; 794 (80.2%) were Roman Catholic, and 114 (11.5%) were Protestant, with an additional 4 (0.4%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 17 individuals (1.72% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 8 (0.81%) individuals who belong to another religion (not listed), 12 (1.21%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 41 (4.14%) who did not answer the question.[5]

The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
Um 1695 ca. 350
1798 459
1850 671
1900 604
1950 772
2000 990

References

  1. ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 18 August 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gettnau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 25-Aug-2009
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics (German) accessed 12 August 2009
  6. ↑ LUSTAT-Canton Lucerne Statistical Office (German) accessed 25 August 2009
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