Buochs

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Template:Infobox Swiss town Buochs is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

History

Buochs is first mentioned in 1124 as Boches. In 1184, it was mentioned as Buoches, then in 1210 as Buches, and in 1229 as Buchs.[1]

Geography

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Gulf of Buochs on Lake Lucerne
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Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

Buochs has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of Template:Swiss area.Template:Swiss area data Of this area, about 46.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 1.7% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of Script error: No such module "convert". or about 9.7% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of Script error: No such module "convert". over the 1981 amount. Of the agricultural land, Script error: No such module "convert". is used for orchards and vineyards, Script error: No such module "convert". is fields and grasslands and Script error: No such module "convert". consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1981 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by Script error: No such module "convert".. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has decreased by Script error: No such module "convert".. Rivers and lakes cover Script error: No such module "convert". in the municipality.[2][3]

The municipality is located along the roads between Ennetbürgen, Beckenried and Stans. It is on the western side of Lake Lucerne between the Engelberger Aa and the Buochserhorn mountain. It consists of the former linear village of Buochs.

Demographics

Buochs has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations YM[[Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from Expression error: Unexpected < operator]]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref As of 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 15.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 5 years (2010–2015) the population has changed at a rate of 2.16%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2015, was 11.6, while the death rate was 6.1 per thousand residents.[3]

As of 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 63.4% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.0%.[3] In 2015 there were 2,405 single residents, 2,465 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 217 widows or widowers and 346 divorced residents.[4]

In 2015 there were 2,244 private households in Buochs with an average household size of 2.39 persons. In 2015 about 28.6% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is less than the percentage in the canton (35.5%) and much less than the percentage nationally (57.4%).[5] Of the 742 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 29.5% were single family homes and 50.3% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 18.2% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 14.7% were built between 1991 and 2000.[6] In 2014 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 16.67. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., was 1.21%.[3]

Most of the population (as of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (90.9%), with Italian being second most common (1.8%) and Croatian being third (1.7%).[7] As of 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female.

The historical population is given in the following chart:[8][1] <timeline> Colors= 

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 bar:1860 from:start till:1432 text:"1,432"
 bar:1870 from:start till:1515 text:"1,515"
 bar:1880 from:start till:1424 text:"1,424"
 bar:1888 from:start till:1464 text:"1,464"
 bar:1900 from:start till:1638 text:"1,638"
 bar:1910 from:start till:1591 text:"1,591"
 bar:1920 from:start till:1549 text:"1,549"
 bar:1930 from:start till:1739 text:"1,739"
 bar:1941 from:start till:2026 text:"2,026"
 bar:1950 from:start till:2355 text:"2,355"
 bar:1960 from:start till:2733 text:"2,733"
 bar:1970 from:start till:3232 text:"3,232"
 bar:1980 from:start till:3742 text:"3,742"
 bar:1990 from:start till:4295 text:"4,295"
 bar:2000 from:start till:4856 text:"4,856"
 bar:2010 from:start till:5316 text:"5,316"
 bar:2015 from:start till:5433 text:"5,433"

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Sights

The main sights of Buochs are the church St. Martin, the Loreto chapel in Ennerberg, a monument of Johann Melchior Wyrsch, and the quay.

The urban village of Buochs is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[9]

Politics

In the 2015 federal election the only major party which ran a candidate was the SVP which received 83.8% of the vote. In the federal election, a total of 2,242 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.3%. In the 2011 election the SVP received 43.8%, followed by the FDP with 38.0% and the GPS with 18.2%.[10][11]

In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the FDP which received 89.9% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.4%).[7]

Education

In Buochs about 73% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[7]

Economy

Buochs is classified as a suburban community.[12]

As of  2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were a total of 1,971 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 130 people worked in 44 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 599 workers in 81 separate businesses, of which there were 12 small businesses with a total of 336 employees and larger business with a total of 60 employees. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 1,242 jobs in 240 businesses, of which three mid sized businesses employed a total of 246 employees.[13]

In 2015 a total of 16.7% of the population received social assistance.[3] In 2011 the unemployment rate in the municipality was 1%.[14]

In 2015 local hotels had a total of 35,351 overnight stays, of which 90.8% were international visitors.[15]

In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making Template:CHF was 3.3% while the rate for a single person making Template:CHF was 11.6%, both of which are close to the average for the canton. The canton has a slightly lower than average tax rate for those making Template:CHF and one of the lowest for those making Template:CHF. In 2013 the average income in the municipality per tax payer was Template:CHF and the per person average was Template:CHF, which is less than the cantonal average of Template:CHF and Template:CHF respectively It is also less than the national per tax payer average of Template:CHF and the per person average of Template:CHF.[16]

Sports

The village is home to the football club SC Buochs, who play in the 2. Liga Interregional.

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References

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  4. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2016
  5. ↑ Statistical Atlas of Switzerland - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2015 accessed 18 May 2017
  6. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen Template:In lang accessed 5 May 2016
  7. ↑ a b c Swiss Federal Statistical Office Script error: No such module "webarchive". accessed 04-Sep-2009
  8. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 Template:In lang accessed 27 April 2016
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  10. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Nationalratswahlen 2011: Parteistärken, Wahlbeteiligung, fiktive Wählende Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 2 May 2016
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  13. ↑ Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse accessed 31 October 2016
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  15. ↑ Federal Statistical Office - Hotellerie: Ankünfte und Logiernächte der geöffneten Betriebe accessed 31 October 2016
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