Romoos

Romoos
Coat of arms
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Location of Romoos
Coordinates: 47°1′N 8°2′E / 47.017°N 8.033°E / 47.017; 8.033Coordinates: 47°1′N 8°2′E / 47.017°N 8.033°E / 47.017; 8.033
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Entlebuch
Area
• Total	37.32 km2 (14.41 sq mi)
Elevation	791 m (2,595 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	676
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Postal code	6112
SFOS number	1007
Surrounded by	Doppleschwand, Entlebuch, Escholzmatt, Hasle, Hergiswil bei Willisau, Menznau, Schüpfheim, Trub (BE), Wolhusen
Website	www.romoos.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Romoos is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Romoos has an area of 37.3 km² (14.4 sq mi). Of this area, 34.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 61.76% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 34.3% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.29% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 0.8% is covered with buildings, 0.24% is classed as special developments, 0.03% is parks or greenbelts and 1.13% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.86% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.59% is other unproductive land.

Romoos has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 676. As of 2007^[update], 0.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -11.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (98.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.7%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.4%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 63.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (21.8%), the FDP (11.9%) and the Green Party (1.6%).

The age distribution in Romoos is; 193 people or 27.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 170 people or 23.8% are 20–39 years old, and 231 people or 32.4% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 70 people or 9.8% are 65–79 years old, 42 or 5.9% are 80–89 years old and 7 people or 1% of the population are 90+ years old.