Alberswil

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Alberswil

Location of Alberswil

Coordinates: 47°9′N 8°0′E / 47.150°N 8.000°ECoordinates: 47°9′N 8°0′E / 47.150°N 8.000°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.53 km² (1.36 sq mi)

Elevation

521 m (1,709 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

656

• Density

190/km² (480/sq mi)

Postal code

6248

SFOS number

1121

Surrounded by

Ettiswil, Gettnau, Schötz, Willisau

Website

www.alberswil.ch
Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Alberswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Alberswil is first mentioned around 1220 as Alberswile.

Alberswil has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 3.6 km² (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 73.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (classed as other, not water, unproductive land). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 18.16% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 70.95% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.79% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.35% is covered with buildings, 0.56% is industrial, 0.56% is classed as special developments, and 3.35% is transportation infrastructure.

The municipality is located on the edge of the Wauwilermoos bog. It consists of the linear village of Alberswil, the hamlet of Burgrain and Schloss (castle) Kasteln.

Alberswil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 656. As of 2007^[update], 65 or about 11.4% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (91.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Turkish being third ( 1.9%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 41.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (30.5%), the SVP (17.7%) and the Green Party (7%).

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