Dierikon

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Dierikon

Location of Dierikon

Coordinates: 47°6′N 8°22′E / 47.100°N 8.367°ECoordinates: 47°6′N 8°22′E / 47.100°N 8.367°E

Country

Area

• Total

2.78 km² (1.07 sq mi)

Elevation

432 m (1,417 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,438

• Density

520/km² (1,300/sq mi)

Postal code

6036

SFOS number

1053

Surrounded by

Adligenswil, Buchrain, Ebikon, Root, Udligenswil

Website

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

Dierikon is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Dierikon is first mentioned around 1270-80 as Dierinkon.

Dierikon has an area of 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 59.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 22.34% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 54.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.26% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 6.03% is covered with buildings, 3.9% is industrial, 1.42% is classed as special developments, 1.06% is parks or greenbelts and 4.96% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, the entire area is unproductive flowing water (rivers).

The municipality is located in the Ron valley along the road between Lucerne and Cham.

Dierikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,438. As of 2007^[update], 13.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (90.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (29.6%), the FDP (16.1%) and the SPS (11.1%).

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