Fischbach, Lucerne
Fischbach is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History. Fischbach is first mentioned in 1224 as "Viscebach". Geography. Fischbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 80.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers). , 13.81% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 76.99% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.73% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.11% is  covered with buildings, 0.25% is classed as special developments, and 1.99% is transportation infrastructure. The municipality is located in the hill country near the Rot river valley. Demographics. Fischbach has a population of 716, of which 68 or about 9.5% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.9%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 50.7% of the vote. The next three most popular  parties were the SVP (30.7%), the FDP (12.7%) and the Green Party (2.7%). The age distribution, , in Fischbach is; 206 people or 28.8% of the population is 0–19 years old. 188 people or 26.3% are 20–39 years old, and 215 people or 30% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 83 people or 11.6% are 65–79 years old, 18 or 2.5% are 80–89 years old and 6 people or 0.8% of the population are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Fischbach about 57% of the population (between age 25-64) have  completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Fischbach has an unemployment rate of 1.6%. , there were 114 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 42 businesses involved in this sector. 49 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 26 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector. 51% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 37% of the workforce. The historical population is given in  the following table: