Roggliswil

Roggliswil
Coat of arms
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Location of Roggliswil
Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°53′E / 47.217°N 7.883°E / 47.217; 7.883Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°53′E / 47.217°N 7.883°E / 47.217; 7.883
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Willisau
Area
• Total	6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Elevation	560 m (1,840 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	661
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Postal code	6265
SFOS number	1142
Surrounded by	Altbüron, Grossdietwil, Pfaffnau
Website	http://www.roggliswil.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

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

Roggliswil has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 6.2 km² (2.4 sq mi). Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive rivers. In the 1997 land survey^[update], 27.49% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 61.09% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.98% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.89% is covered with buildings, 0.32% is industrial, 0.16% is classed as special developments, and 2.73% is transportation infrastructure.

Roggliswil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 661. As of 2007^[update], 16 or about 2.5% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.0%) and French being third ( 0.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 35.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (31.6%), the SVP (18.6%) and the SPS (5.3%).

The age distribution, as of 2008^[update], in Roggliswil is; 175 people or 27.3% of the population is 0–19 years old. 151 people or 23.6% are 20–39 years old, and 199 people or 31.1% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 81 people or 12.7% are 65–79 years old, 29 or 4.5% are 80–89 years old and 5 people or 0.8% of the population are 90+ years old.