Inwil

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Inwil

Location of Inwil

Coordinates: 47°7′N 8°21′E / 47.117°N 8.350°ECoordinates: 47°7′N 8°21′E / 47.117°N 8.350°E

Country

Area

• Total

10.32 km² (3.98 sq mi)

Elevation

423 m (1,388 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,427

• Density

240/km² (610/sq mi)

Postal code

6034

SFOS number

1033

Surrounded by

Ballwil, Buchrain, Dietwil (AG), Eschenbach, Gisikon, Honau, Root, Sins (AG)

Website

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

Inwil is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Inwil is first mentioned in 1145 as Ingenwilare.

Inwil has an area of 10.3 km² (4.0 sq mi). Of this area, 70.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 16.18% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 67.15% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.49% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.14% is covered with buildings, 1.07% is industrial, 1.16% is classed as special developments, 0.1% is parks or greenbelts and 4.17% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.26% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.29% is other unproductive land.

The municipality is located in the Reuss River valley (Reusstal) on the border with the Canton of Aargau.

Inwil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,427. As of 2007^[update], 7.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 23.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.5%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.2%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 34.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (32.8%), the FDP (20.5%) and the SPS (6%).

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