Doppleschwand

Doppleschwand
Coat of arms
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Location of Doppleschwand
Coordinates: 47°1′N 8°3′E / 47.017°N 8.050°E / 47.017; 8.050Coordinates: 47°1′N 8°3′E / 47.017°N 8.050°E / 47.017; 8.050
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Entlebuch
Area
• Total	6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Elevation	751 m (2,464 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	750
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Postal code	6112
SFOS number	1001
Surrounded by	Entlebuch, Hasle, Romoos, Wolhusen
Website	www.doppleschwand.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Doppleschwand is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Doppleschwand is first mentioned in 1275 as Togelswande or Towenswande.

Doppleschwand has an area of 7 km² (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 36.55% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 53.38% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.59% is covered with buildings, 0.14% is industrial, 0.43% is classed as special developments, and 2.16% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 2.3% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14 is other unproductive land.

The municipality is made up of the linear village of Doppleschwand which is located on the terrace between the Grosse Fontanne and the Kleine Emme rivers. It consists of the village of Doppleschwand and the hamlets of Gober, Holz and Oberhüseren.

Doppleschwand has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 750. As of 2007^[update], 2.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Dutch being third ( 0.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 62% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23%), the FDP (10.8%) and the SPS (2.8%).