Sulz, Lucerne
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Sulz is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, Sulz together with Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, and Retschwil joined Hitzkirch.
Geography
Sulz has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 65.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.5% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.4%) is settled.[1]
On 21 May 2006 an attempt to merge the Hitzkirch and the surrounding 10 municipalities failed, when five of the eleven voted against the merger.[2] A less ambitious merger was then proposed and accepted, with the municipalities of Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joining Hitzkirch.[3] The merged municipality has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".[4]
Demographics
Sulz has a population (since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of 186, of which 4.3% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.8%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (99.4%), with the rest speaking French (0.6%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (37%), the SVP (19.5%) and the Green Party (1.7%).
The age distribution of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.3%. In Sulz about 74.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[1]
Sulz has an unemployment rate of 0.09%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 47 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. No one is employed in the tertiary sector, and there are no businesses in this sector.[1]
References
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- ↑ a b c Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 19-Aug-2009
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- ↑ Canton of Lucerne, Office of Municipalities Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 18 August 2009
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