Wikon

Wikon
Coat of arms
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Location of Wikon
Coordinates: 47°16′N 7°58′E / 47.267°N 7.967°E / 47.267; 7.967Coordinates: 47°16′N 7°58′E / 47.267°N 7.967°E / 47.267; 7.967
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Willisau
Area
• Total	8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,477
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Postal code	4806
SFOS number	1147
Surrounded by	Bottenwil (AG), Brittnau (AG), Reiden, Reitnau (AG), Wiliberg (AG), Zofingen (AG)
Website	www.wikon.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

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

Wikon has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 8.3 km² (3.2 sq mi). Of this area, 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive rivers. In the 1997 land survey^[update], 51.57% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 37.44% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.05% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.95% is covered with buildings, 1.33% is industrial, and 2.54% is transportation infrastructure.

Wikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,477. As of 2007^[update], 172 or about 12.8% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (90.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.9%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (24.3%), the FDP (20.3%) and the SPS (15.6%).

The age distribution, as of 2008^[update], in Wikon is; 296 people or 21.9% of the population is 0–19 years old. 354 people or 26.2% are 20–39 years old, and 462 people or 34.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 169 people or 12.5% are 65–79 years old, 61 or 4.5% are 80–89 years old and 7 people or 0.5% of the population are 90+ years old.