Zell, Lucerne

Zell
Coat of arms
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Location of Zell
Coordinates: 47°8′N 7°56′E / 47.133°N 7.933°E / 47.133; 7.933Coordinates: 47°8′N 7°56′E / 47.133°N 7.933°E / 47.133; 7.933
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Willisau
Area
• Total	13.9 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Elevation	589 m (1,932 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,997
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Postal code	6144,6152
SFOS number	1150
Localities	Zell, Briseck, Hüswil, Hällershof, Bründlen, Hünkihof
Surrounded by	Ebersecken, Fischbach, Gettnau, Ohmstal, Ufhusen, Willisau
Website	www.zell.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Zell is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Zell has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 13.9 km² (5.4 sq mi). Of this area, 68% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 22.78% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 64.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.03% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.96% is covered with buildings, 1.15% is industrial, 2.02% is classed as special developments, 0.22% is parks or greenbelts and 2.52% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.22% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14% is other unproductive land.

Zell has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,997. As of 2007^[update], 157 or about 8.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (94.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.8%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 41.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (24.5%), the SVP (22.4%) and the SPS (5.1%).