Ebersecken
Ebersecken is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Ebersecken merged into Altishofen. History. Ebersecken is first mentioned in 1274 as "Eberseche". In 1275 it was mentioned as "Ebersegge". Geography. Ebersecken has an area, , of . Of this area, 79% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers). , 17.39% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 74.1% is used  for farming or pastures, while 4.67% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.33% is covered with buildings, 0.47% is classed as special developments, and 0.93% is transportation infrastructure. The municipality is located in the "Willisauer Bergland" (Willisau highlands). It consists of the village of Ebersecken and several small hamlets. Demographics. Ebersecken has a population (as of ) of . , 13 or about 3.1% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.2%) and French  being third ( 0.2%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (28.6%), the SVP (28.4%) and the Green Party (1.9%). The age distribution, , in Ebersecken is; 133 people or 31.3% of the population is 0–19 years old. 108 people or 25.4% are 20–39 years old, and 132 people or 31.1% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 10.1% are 65–79 years old, 7 or 1.6% are 80–89 years old and 2 people or 0.5% of the population  are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ebersecken about 54.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Ebersecken has an unemployment rate of 0.67%. , there were 127 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 46 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 45 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector. 52.2% of the population  of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 36.5% of the workforce. The historical population is given in the following table: