Hitzkirch
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| Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°16′E / 47.217°N 8.267°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 8°16′E / 47.217°N 8.267°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Lucerne | |
| District | Hochdorf | |
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| • Total | 24.71 km2 (9.54 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 498 m (1,634 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 5,152 | |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 6285 | |
| SFOS number | 1030 | |
| Surrounded by | Altwis, Ermensee, Gelfingen, Hämikon, Retschwil, Römerswil, Sulz | |
| Website |
www Profile (German), SFSO statistics |
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Hitzkirch is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joined Hitzkirch.
Hitzkirch is first mentioned in 1230 as Hiltschilche.
Hitzkirchis is located in the Seetal valley, at the foot of the Lindenberg mountain.
The municipality has an area of 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey[update], 23.76% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 59.83% is used for farming or pastures, while 7.31% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.79% is covered with buildings, 0.41% is industrial, 0.28% is classed as special developments, 0.24% is parks or greenbelts and 3.05% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.08% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.12% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.12% is other unproductive land.
On 21 May 2006 an attempt to merge the Hitzkirch and the surrounding 10 municipalities failed, when five of the eleven voted against the merger. A less ambitious merger was then proposed and accepted, with the municipalities of Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joining Hitzkirch. The merged municipality has an area of 24.62 km2 (9.51 sq mi)
Hitzkirch has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 5,152. As of 2007[update], 18.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. The combined municipality has a population of 4,588 of which 11.6% are foreign. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (87.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.3%).
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