Triengen

Triengen
Coat of arms
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Location of Triengen
Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°4′E / 47.233°N 8.067°E / 47.233; 8.067Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°4′E / 47.233°N 8.067°E / 47.233; 8.067
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Sursee
Area
• Total	22.07 km2 (8.52 sq mi)
Elevation	517 m (1,696 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,511
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Postal code	6234
SFOS number	1104
Surrounded by	Büron, Knutwil, Moosleerau (AG), Reitnau (AG), Schlierbach, Schmiedrued (AG), Winikon
Website	www.triengen.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Triengen is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2005, Triengen merged with the municipalities of Kulmerau and Wilihof, the new municipality was known as Triengen. Then on 1 January 2009 Triengen and Winikon merged, again keeping the name of Triengen.

Before the merger, Triengen had an area of 14.5 km² (5.6 sq mi). Of this area, 65.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 25.09% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 59.06% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.57% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.03% is covered with buildings, 0.54% is industrial, 0.72% is classed as special developments, 0.27% is parks or greenbelts and 3.4% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.27% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.05% is other unproductive land.

The merged municipality has an area of 22.08 km² (8.53 sq mi)

Triengen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 4,511. As of 2007^[update], 25.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. The combined municipality has a population of 4,295 of which 22.0% are foreign. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.4%, while the merged municipality has grown at a slower 6.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (85.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 5.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 2.9%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 33.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (27.6%), the SVP (25.4%) and the SPS (6.2%).