Grosswangen
Grosswangen is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History. Grosswangen is first mentioned in 893 as "Wanga". Geography. Grosswangen has an area of . Of this area, 78.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 15.34% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 71.86% is used for farming or pastures, while 6.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas , 3.56% is covered with buildings, 0.3% is industrial, 0.2% is classed as special developments, 0.15% is parks or greenbelts and 1.73% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.3% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.15% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located in the lower "Rottal". It consists of the sections of Innerdorf, Oberdorf, Roth, Sigerswil and Stettenbach. Demographics. Grosswangen has a population (as of ) of . , 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.6%), with  Albanian being second most common ( 3.9%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 38% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (29.1%), the SVP (24.6%) and the Green Party (4.1%). The age distribution in Grosswangen is; 806 people or 27.8% of the population is 0–19 years old. 793 people or 27.4% are 20–39 years old, and 952 people or 32.9% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 235 people or 8.1% are 65–79 years old, 99 or 3.4% are 80–89 years old  and 11 people or 0.4% of the population are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Grosswangen about 70.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Grosswangen has an unemployment rate of 1.16%. , there were 359 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 124 businesses involved in this sector. 331 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 42 businesses in this sector. 382 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 61  businesses in this sector. 50.9% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40% of the workforce. The historical population is given in the following table: