Egolzwil is a municipality

Municipalities of Switzerland

Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...

 in the district of Willisau

Willisau (district)

Willisau District is one of the five districts , of the German-speaking Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Willisau. It has a population of .Willisau District consists of the following municipalities:-References:...

 in the canton

Cantons of Switzerland

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 of Lucerne in Switzerland

Switzerland

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.

Geography

Egolzwil has an area, , of 4.2 km² (1.6 sq mi). Of this area, 61.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 23.74% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 58.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 6.95% is covered with buildings, 1.2% is industrial, 0.24% is classed as special developments, 0.24% is parks or greenbelts and 4.32% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.72% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), and 0.48% is unproductive flowing water (rivers).

The municipality is located on the northern edge of the Wauwilermoos. It consists of the linear village

Linear village

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 of Egolzwil.

Demographics

Egolzwil has a population (as of ) of . , 105 or about 8.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.8%. Most of the population speaks German (93.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.3%) and Albanian being third ( 1.2%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

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 which received 45.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

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 (26.8%), the SVP

Swiss People's Party

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 (17.6%) and the Green Party

Green Party of Switzerland

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 (5.4%).

The age distribution, , in Egolzwil is; 331 people or 25.9% of the population is 0–19 years old. 347 people or 27.1% are 20–39 years old, and 474 people or 37.1% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 92 people or 7.2% are 65–79 years old, 31 or 2.4% are 80–89 years old and 4 people or 0.3% of the population are 90+ years old.

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Egolzwil about 72.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule

Fachhochschule

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).

there are 442 households, of which 119 households (or about 26.9%) contain only a single individual. 78 or about 17.6% are large households, with at least five members. there were 253 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 203 were built only as housing, and 50 were mixed use

Mixed-use development

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 buildings. There were 145 single family homes, 35 double family homes, and 23 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (109) or three (70) story structures. There were only 13 single story buildings and 11 four or more story buildings.

Egolzwil has an unemployment rate of 1.6%. , there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 113 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 301 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 25 businesses in this sector. 53.6% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 42% of the workforce.

the religious membership of Egolzwil was; 988 (80.6%) were Roman Catholic, and 95 (7.7%) were Protestant, with an additional 34 (2.77%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 28 individuals (2.28% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 6 (0.49%) individuals who belong to another religion (not listed), 27 (2.2%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 48 (3.92%) who did not answer the question.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
about 1695	ca. 200
1798	340
1850	576
1900	438
1950	522
2000	1,226

Heritage sites of national significance

The prehistoric lakeside settlement at Wauwilermoos is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance

Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance

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. The settlement is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

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 a UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage Site.