Werthenstein

Werthenstein
Coat of arms
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Location of Werthenstein
Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°6′E / 47.050°N 8.100°E / 47.050; 8.100Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°6′E / 47.050°N 8.100°E / 47.050; 8.100
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Entlebuch
Area
• Total	15.77 km2 (6.09 sq mi)
Elevation	585 m (1,919 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,044
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Postal code	6106
SFOS number	1009
Surrounded by	Entlebuch, Malters, Ruswil, Schwarzenberg, Wolhusen
Website	www.werthenstein.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

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

Werthenstein has an area of 15.7 km² (6.1 sq mi). Of this area, 59.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 32.38% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 56.28% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.31% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.93% is covered with buildings, 1.08% is industrial, 0.38% is classed as special developments, 0.25% is parks or greenbelts and 2.29% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.96% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.13% is other unproductive land.

Werthenstein has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,044. As of 2007^[update], 7.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of 0%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.7%) and Albanian being third ( 0.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 42.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (31.7%), the FDP (15.4%) and the SPS (4.5%).

The age distribution in Werthenstein is; 479 people or 25.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 455 people or 24.2% are 20–39 years old, and 650 people or 34.5% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 219 people or 11.6% are 65–79 years old, 73 or 3.9% are 80–89 years old and 6 people or 0.3% of the population are 90+ years old.