Nebikon

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

History

Nebikon is first mentioned in 924 as Nevinhova.

Geography

Nebikon has an area, as of 2006, of 3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive rivers.In the 1997 land survey, 40.05% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 35.22% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.96% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 9.95% is covered with buildings, 4.84% is industrial, 1.34% is parks or greenbelts and 4.57% is transportation infrastructure.

The municipality is located at the confluence of the Luthern and Wigger rivers.

Demographics

Nebikon has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 2,517.As of 2007, 585 or about 25.7% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (84.4%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 5.2%) and Albanian being third ( 2.0%).