Buchrain
Buchrain is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History. Buchrain is first mentioned in 1257 as "Buochren". Geography. Buchrain has an area of . Of this area, 49.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 17.15% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 43.72% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.86% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas , 10.04% is covered with buildings, 3.77% is industrial, 1.46% is classed as special developments, 2.72% is parks or greenbelts and 9.41% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.21% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 4.81% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.84% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located on the high lands known as the "Hundsrüggen" between the Reuss and Ron rivers. It consists of the linear village of Buchrain, the hamlet of Leisibach and the industrial park of Perlen. Demographics. Buchrain has a population (as of ) of . , 17.9% of the population was made up of  foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.5%) and Italian being third ( 1.8%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (23.5%), the CVP (22.5%) and the SPS (16%). The age distribution in Buchrain is; 1,459 people or 26.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,373 people or 24.9% are 20–39 years old, and 2,041 people or 37 % are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 502 people or 9.1% are 65–79 years old, 119 or 2.2% are 80–89 years old and 15 people or 0.3% of the population are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buchrain about 73.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Buchrain has an unemployment rate of 1.82%. , there were 57 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 555 people  are employed in the secondary sector and there are 37 businesses in this sector. 853 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 99 businesses in this sector. 53.2% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 41.8% of the workforce. The historical population is given in the following table: