Ennetbürgen

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Ennetbürgen

Location of Ennetbürgen

Coordinates: 46°59′N 8°25′E / 46.983°N 8.417°ECoordinates: 46°59′N 8°25′E / 46.983°N 8.417°E

Country

n.a.

Area

• Total

9.33 km² (3.60 sq mi)

Elevation

435 m (1,427 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

4,600

• Density

490/km² (1,300/sq mi)

Postal code

6373

SFOS number

1505

Surrounded by

Beckenried, Buochs, Gersau (SZ), Lucerne (LU) Stans, Stansstad, Vitznau (LU), Weggis (LU)

Website

www.ennetbuergen.ch
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Ennetbürgen is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

Ennetbürgen is first mentioned by 1190 as Burgin. In 1799 it became Enet-Bürgen and in 1836 Ennerbürgen. Since 1850 the official name has been Ennetbürgen.

Ennetbürgen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 9.4 square kilometers (3.6 sq mi). Of this area, 51.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located between Lake Lucerne and the foot of the Bürgenberg mountain.

Ennetbürgen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 4,600. As of 2007^[update], 10.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (94.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Italian being third ( 0.9%). As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female.

As of 2000^[update] there are 1,583 households, of which 994 households (or about 62.8%) contain only one or two individuals. 131 or about 8.3% are large households, with at least five members.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 88.2% of the vote. Most of the rest of votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.8%).

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