Hohenrain

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Hohenrain
Coordinates: 47°11′N8°19′E / 47.183°N 8.317°E / 47.183; 8.317
Country Switzerland
Canton Lucerne
District Hochdorf
Area
[1]
  Total23.52 km2 (9.08 sq mi)
Elevation
609 m (1,998 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018) [2]
  Total2,415
  Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6276
SFOS number 1032
Surrounded by Abtwil (AG), Auw (AG), Ballwil, Beinwil (Freiamt) (AG), Gelfingen, Hochdorf, Lieli, Römerswil, Sins (AG)
Website www.hohenrain.ch
Profile (in German), SFSO statistics

Hohenrain is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Since January 1, 2007, Lieli has been part of the municipality. [3]

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History

Hohenrain is first mentioned in 1182-83 as Hohenrein. [4]

Geography

Aerial view (1964) ETH-BIB-Hohenrain-LBS H1-024254.tif
Aerial view (1964)

Hohenrain is located in the Seetal valley, on the western slope of Lindenberg mountain above Lake Baldegg.

The municipality consists of the village of Hohenrain, the former municipality of Liehi and the hamlets of Kleinwangen and several smaller settlements. It has an area of 23.4 km2 (9.0 sq mi). Of this area, 75.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.6%) is settled. [5] In the 1997 land survey, 19.06% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 69.1% is used for farming or pastures, while 6.28% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.21% is covered with buildings, 0.13% is industrial, 0.3% is classed as special developments, 0.04% is parks or greenbelts and 1.88% is transportation infrastructure. [6]

Demographics

Hohenrain has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 2,429. [7] As of 2007, 6.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 41.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.1%), the FDP (15.2%) and the Green Party (5.9%).

The age distribution in Hohenrain is; 693 people or 29.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 575 people or 24.2% are 20–39 years old, and 857 people or 36% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 188 people or 7.9% are 65–79 years old, 58 or 2.4% are 80–89 years old and 8 people or 0.3% of the population are 90+ years old. [6]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Hohenrain about 76.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ).

As of 2000 there are 736 households, of which 155 households (or about 21.1%) contain only a single individual. 168 or about 22.8% are large households, with at least five members. [6] As of 2000 there were 530 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 354 were built only as housing, and 176 were mixed use buildings. There were 271 single family homes, 58 double family homes, and 25 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (222) or three (101) story structures. There were only 18 single story buildings and 13 four or more story buildings. [6]

Hohenrain has an unemployment rate of 1.29%. As of 2005, there were 335 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 120 businesses involved in this sector. 110 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 23 businesses in this sector. 467 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 55 businesses in this sector. [5] As of 2000 49.8% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40.7% of the workforce.

In the 2000 census the religious membership of Hohenrain was; 2,024 (82.9%) were Roman Catholic, and 184 (7.5%) were Protestant, with an additional 10 (0.41%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 1 individuals (0.04% of the population) who are Jewish. There are 35 individuals (1.43% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 15 (0.61%) individuals who belong to another religion, 92 (3.77%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 81 (3.32%) who did not answer the question. [6]

The historical population is given in the following table: [4]

yearpopulation
17981,228
18161,741
18502,008
19001,685
19502,092
20002,240

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  3. Canton of Lucerne, Office of Municipalities Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 18 August 2009
  4. 1 2 Hohenrain in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  5. 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 19-Aug-2009
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