Retschwil

Retschwil
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Retschwil
Coordinates: 47°12′N 8°15′E / 47.200°N 8.250°E / 47.200; 8.250Coordinates: 47°12′N 8°15′E / 47.200°N 8.250°E / 47.200; 8.250
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Hochdorf
Area
• Total	2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation	482 m (1,581 ft)
Population
• Total	174
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Postal code	6285
SFOS number	1038
Surrounded by	Gelfingen, Hitzkirch, Römerswil
Website	Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Retschwil was a municipality in the district of Hochdorf, in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, Retschwil together with Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, and Sulz joined Hitzkirch.

Retschwil has an area of 2.6 km² (1.0 sq mi). Of this area, 67.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25% is forested. The rest of the land, (7.8%) is settled.

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)

Retschwil has a population (as of 2007^[update]) of 174, of which 1.7% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.3%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 2.6%) and French being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 36.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.6%), the FDP (22.1%) and the Green Party (6.8%).