Ettiswil

Ettiswil
Coat of arms
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Location of Ettiswil
Coordinates: 47°9′N 8°1′E / 47.150°N 8.017°E / 47.150; 8.017Coordinates: 47°9′N 8°1′E / 47.150°N 8.017°E / 47.150; 8.017
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Willisau
Area
• Total	12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Elevation	518 m (1,699 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,649
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Postal code	6218
SFOS number	1128
Surrounded by	Alberswil, Grosswangen, Mauensee, Schötz, Wauwil, Willisau
Website	www.ettiswil.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

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

On January 1, 2006 the municipality of Kottwil, lying several kilometres to the northeast, was incorporated into Ettiswil.

Ettiswil is first mentioned around 1070-90. It was mentioned between 1217 and 1222 as Ettiswile.

Ettiswil has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 12.5 km² (4.8 sq mi). Of this area, 73.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 17.35% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 70.82% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.88% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.04% is covered with buildings, 0.24% is industrial, 0.64% is classed as special developments, and 2.4% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.08% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.56% is other unproductive land.

The municipality is located south of the Wauwilermoos.

Ettiswil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,649. As of 2007^[update], 142 or about 6.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 0.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (30.2%), the SVP (20.7%) and the SPS (5.6%).