Ruswil

Ruswil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Geography

Ruswil has an area of 45.3 km² (17.5 sq mi). Of this area, 72.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).In the 1997 land survey, 20.94% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 68.4% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.18% is covered with buildings, 0.35% is industrial, 0.4% is classed as special developments, 0.13% is parks or greenbelts and 2.12% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.15% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.02% is other unproductive land.

Demographics

Ruswil has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 6,812.As of 2007, 4.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.7%) and Albanian being third ( 0.6%).