Büron

Coat of arms

Büron

Location of Büron

Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°6′E / 47.217°N 8.100°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 8°6′E / 47.217°N 8.100°E

Country

Area

• Total

5.41 km² (2.09 sq mi)

Elevation

511 m (1,677 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,367

• Density

440/km² (1,100/sq mi)

Postal code

6233

SFOS number

1082

Surrounded by

Geuensee, Knutwil, Schlierbach, Triengen

Website

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

Büron is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Büron is first mentioned in 1130 as Burron.

Büron has an area of 5.4 km² (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 67% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 16.51% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 61.04% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.94% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 7.79% is covered with buildings, 2.23% is industrial, 0.56% is classed as special developments, 0.56% is parks or greenbelts and 4.45% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.74% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.19% is other unproductive land.

The municipality is located on the eastern foot of the Sursee valley.

Büron has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,367. As of 2007^[update], 21.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (85.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.4%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 34.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (31.5%), the CVP (19.9%) and the Green Party (6.5%).

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