Hergiswil

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Hergiswil
Municipality
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Location of Hergiswil
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Hergiswil
Coordinates: 46°58′N8°18′E / 46.967°N 8.300°E / 46.967; 8.300
Country Switzerland
Canton Nidwalden
District n.a.
Area
[1]
 • Total17.00 km2 (6.56 sq mi)
Elevation
449 m (1,473 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018) [2]
 • Total5,777
 • Density340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6052
SFOS number 1507
Surrounded by Alpnach (OW), Horw (LU), Kriens (LU), Schwarzenberg (LU), Stansstad
Website www.hergiswil.ch
SFSO statistics

Hergiswil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

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History

Hergiswil is first mentioned around 1303-09 as ze Hergenswile. [3]

Geography

Aerial view (1964) ETH-BIB-Hergiswil-LBS H1-024425.tif
Aerial view (1964)

Hergiswil has an area, as of 2006, of 14.2 square kilometers (5.5 sq mi). Of this area, 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (16.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). [4]

The municipality is located between the foot of Mount Pilatus and Lake Lucerne.

Demographics

Hergiswil has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 5,863. [5] As of 2007, 14.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. [6] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.0%) and French being third ( 1.1%). [4] As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.

As of 2000 there are 2,216 households, of which 1,627 households (or about 73.4%) contain only one or two individuals. 91 or about 4.1% are large households, with at least five members. [7]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 89.1% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.3%). [4]

In Hergiswil about 77.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). [4]

Hergiswil has an unemployment rate of 1.24%. As of 2005, there were 89 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 35 businesses involved in this sector. 666 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 72 businesses in this sector. 2,091 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 382 businesses in this sector. [4]

The historical population is given in the following table: [3]

yearpopulation
1769460
1850804
19001,080
19502,904
19704,364
19904,625
20004,962
20055,396

Transport

Hergiswil is served by Hergiswil station and Hergiswil Matt station on the Brünig railway line, and the linked Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. The Lucerne S-Bahn services S4 and S5 combine to provide four trains per hour at each station. Hergiswil station is also served by hourly InterRegio trains between Lucerne and Interlaken, and between Lucerne and Engelberg. [8] [9]

Sights

The main sights of Hergiswil are: an old clergy house, the church, the chapel Maria zum guten Rat, old mansion Thumigerhaus, and a glazier's workshop with museum. The workshop was established in 1817, burning down on one occasion, but is still working.

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References

  1. ↑ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 Hergiswil in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 04-Sep-2009
  5. ↑ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Nidwalden Statistical Office-Population (in German) accessed 4 September 2009
  7. ↑ Nidwalden Statistical Office-Municipalities [ permanent dead link ](in German) accessed 4 September 2009
  8. ↑ "Luzern–Brünig–Interlaken" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  9. ↑ "Luzern–Stans–Engelberg" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
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