Meggen
Meggen is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History. Meggen is first mentioned in 1226 as "Meken", though a 14th Century copy of an older document mentions "in Acta Murensia" around 1160. Geography. Meggen has an area of . Of this area, 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 28.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 23.69% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 41.6% is used for farming  or pastures, while 6.06% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 20.25% is covered with buildings, 0.41% is industrial, 0.69% is classed as special developments, 1.79% is parks or greenbelts and 5.37% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, and 0.14% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located on the Küssnacht arm of the Lake of Lucerne. In 1897 it was the end station of the "Gotthardbahn". Demographics. Meggen has a population (as of ) of . , 10.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at  a rate of 10.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.3%), with English being second most common ( 1.6%) and Italian being third ( 1.0%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 33.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (24.8%), the CVP (21.8%) and the SPS (10.3%). The age distribution in Meggen is; 1,300 people or 20.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,304 people or 20.1% are 20–39 years old, and 2,561 people or 39.6% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 935 people or 14.4 % are 65–79 years old, 312 or 4.8% are 80–89 years old and 61 people or 0.9% of the population are 90+ years old. In Meggen about 86.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Meggen has an unemployment rate of 1.4%. , there were 153 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 37 businesses involved in this sector. 199 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 40 businesses in this sector. 1219 people are employed in the tertiary  sector, with 238 businesses in this sector. 50.9% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 43.6% of the workforce. The historical population is given in the following table: Transportation. The municipality has two railway stations: and . Both are located on the Lucerne–Immensee line.