Aesch, Lucerne
Aesch is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History. Aesch is first mentioned around 1150 as "Esche". Between 1184 and 1190, it was mentioned as "Asce". Geography. Aesch is located in the Seetal valley, on the shore of Lake Hallwil, and along the road between Lucerne and Fahrwangen. The municipality consists of the village of Aesch. It has an area of . Of this area, 67.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3 %) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 19.35% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 51.83% is used for farming or pastures, while 15.91% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 7.31% is covered with buildings, 0.65% is industrial, 0.22% is classed as special developments, 0.43% is parks or greenbelts and 1.51% is transportation infrastructure. Demographics. Aesch has a population (as of ) of . , 7.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of −3.5%. Most of the population () speaks  German (95.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (32.8%), the FDP (22.8%) and the Green Party (4.9%). The age distribution in Aesch is; 241 people or 25.3% of the population is 0–19 years old. 222 people or 23.3% are 20–39 years old, and 345 people or 36.3% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 108 people or 11.4% are 65–79 years old, 32 or 3.4 % are 80–89 years old and 3 people or 0.3% of the population are 90+ years old. In Aesch about 71.5% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Aesch has an unemployment rate of 1.03%. , there were 92 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 28 businesses involved in this sector. 168 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 20 businesses in this sector. 93 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 25 businesses in this  sector. 51.4% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 41.6% of the workforce. The historical population is given in the following table: Weather. Aesch has an average of 133.3 days of rain per year and on average receives of precipitation. The wettest month is June during which time Aesch receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.5 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 12.9, but with only of precipitation. The driest  month of the year is October with an average of of precipitation over 12.5 days.