Nebikon

Nebikon
Coat of arms
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Location of Nebikon
Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°58′E / 47.183°N 7.967°E / 47.183; 7.967Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°58′E / 47.183°N 7.967°E / 47.183; 7.967
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Willisau
Area
• Total	3.73 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Elevation	487 m (1,598 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,565
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Postal code	6244
SFOS number	1137
Surrounded by	Altishofen, Dagmersellen, Ebersecken, Egolzwil, Schötz
Website	www.nebikon.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

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

Nebikon is first mentioned in 924 as Nevinhova.

Nebikon has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive rivers. In the 1997 land survey^[update], 40.05% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 35.22% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.96% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 9.95% is covered with buildings, 4.84% is industrial, 1.34% is parks or greenbelts and 4.57% is transportation infrastructure.

The municipality is located at the confluence of the Luthern and Wigger rivers.

Nebikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,565. As of 2007^[update], 585 or about 25.7% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (84.4%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 5.2%) and Albanian being third ( 2.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 41.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28.6%), the SVP (21%) and the SPS (4.2%).