Rain, Switzerland

Rain

Coat of arms

Rain

Location of Rain

Coordinates: 47°8′N 8°15′E / 47.133°N 8.250°ECoordinates: 47°8′N 8°15′E / 47.133°N 8.250°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Peter Brunner

Area

• Total

9.4 km² (3.6 sq mi)

Elevation

582 m (1,909 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,541

• Density

270/km² (700/sq mi)

Postal code

6026

SFOS number

1037

Surrounded by

Eschenbach, Hildisrieden, Hochdorf, Neuenkirch, Römerswil, Rothenburg

Website

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

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

Rain has an area of 9.4 km² (3.6 sq mi). Of this area, 74.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.8% is forested. The rest of the land, (8.3%) is settled. In the 1997 land survey^[update], 16.77% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 69.64% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.31% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.63% is covered with buildings, 0.32% is industrial, 0.74% is classed as special developments, 0.11% is parks or greenbelts and 1.49% is transportation infrastructure.

Rain has a population (as of 2007^[update]) of 2,214, of which 5.1% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 30.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.7%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 41.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (26.2%), the SVP (22.6%) and the SPS (3.9%).

The age distribution in Rain is; 652 people or 28.4% of the population is 0–19 years old. 651 people or 28.4% are 20–39 years old, and 761 people or 33.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 175 people or 7.6% are 65–79 years old, 47 or 2% are 80–89 years old and 9 people or 0.4% of the population are 90+ years old.

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