Hohenrain

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Hohenrain

Location of Hohenrain

Coordinates: 47°11′N 8°19′E / 47.183°N 8.317°ECoordinates: 47°11′N 8°19′E / 47.183°N 8.317°E

Country

Area

• Total

23.25 km² (8.98 sq mi)

Elevation

609 m (1,998 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,539

• Density

110/km² (280/sq mi)

Postal code

6276

SFOS number

1032

Surrounded by

Abtwil (AG), Auw (AG), Ballwil, Beinwil (Freiamt) (AG), Gelfingen, Hochdorf, Lieli, Römerswil, Sins (AG)

Website

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

Hohenrain is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Since January 1, 2007, Lieli has been part of the municipality.

Hohenrain is first mentioned in 1182-83 as Hohenrein.

Hohenrain is located in the Seetal valley, on the western slope of Lindenberg mountain above Lake Baldegg.

The municipality consists of the village of Hohenrain, the former municipality of Liehi and the hamlets of Kleinwangen and several smaller settlements. It has an area of 23.4 km² (9.0 sq mi). Of this area, 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.6%) is settled. In the 1997 land survey^[update], 19.06% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 69.1% is used for farming or pastures, while 6.28% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.21% is covered with buildings, 0.13% is industrial, 0.3% is classed as special developments, 0.04% is parks or greenbelts and 1.88% is transportation infrastructure.

Hohenrain has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,539. As of 2007^[update], 6.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 41.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.1%), the FDP (15.2%) and the Green Party (5.9%).

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