Egolzwil

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Egolzwil

Location of Egolzwil

Coordinates: 47°11′N 8°0′E / 47.183°N 8.000°ECoordinates: 47°11′N 8°0′E / 47.183°N 8.000°E

Country

Area

• Total

4.17 km² (1.61 sq mi)

Elevation

523 m (1,716 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,420

• Density

340/km² (880/sq mi)

Postal code

6243

SFOS number

1127

Surrounded by

Dagmersellen, Nebikon, Schötz, Wauwil

Website

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

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

Egolzwil is first mentioned around 1160 as Eigoltiswile. During World War II, mainly Allied soldiers who were caught after their escape from the Swiss internment camps, were detained in the prison camp Wauwilermoos.

Egolzwil has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 4.2 km² (1.6 sq mi). Of this area, 61.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 23.74% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 58.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 6.95% is covered with buildings, 1.2% is industrial, 0.24% is classed as special developments, 0.24% is parks or greenbelts and 4.32% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.72% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), and 0.48% is unproductive flowing water (rivers).

The municipality is located on the northern edge of the Wauwilermoos. It consists of the linear village of Egolzwil.

Egolzwil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,420. As of 2007^[update], 105 or about 8.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (93.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.3%) and Albanian being third ( 1.2%).

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