Ermensee

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Ermensee

Location of Ermensee

Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°14′E / 47.233°N 8.233°ECoordinates: 47°14′N 8°14′E / 47.233°N 8.233°E

Country

Area

• Total

5.67 km² (2.19 sq mi)

Elevation

462 m (1,516 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

892

• Density

160/km² (410/sq mi)

Postal code

6294

SFOS number

1025

Surrounded by

Altwis, Beromünster, Gunzwil, Hitzkirch, Mosen, Römerswil

Website

www.ermensee.ch
Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Ermensee is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Ermensee is first mentioned in 1036 as Armense.

Ermensee is located in the Seetal valley between Lake Hallwil and Lake Baldegg. It is on the road between Lenzburg and Emmenbrücke.

The municipality has an area of 5.7 km² (2.2 sq mi). Of this area, 58.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 35.26% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 53.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.44% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.46% is covered with buildings, 0.53% is industrial, 0.35% is classed as special developments, 0.35% is parks or greenbelts and 1.75% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, it is all unproductive flowing water (rivers).

Ermensee has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 892. As of 2007^[update], 6.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the FDP which received 35.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28.3%), the SVP (27.7%) and the Green Party (4.3%).

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