Wolhusen

Wolhusen is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Geography

Wolhusen has an area of 14.3 km² (5.5 sq mi). Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).In the 1997 land survey, 32.61% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 54.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.27% is covered with buildings, 0.56% is industrial, 0.42% is classed as special developments, 0.14% is parks or greenbelts and 3.29% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.56% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14% is other unproductive land.

On 1 January 2013 the municipality of Wolhusen moved from the Sursee District to the Entlebuch District.

Demographics

Wolhusen has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 4,294.As of 2007, 14.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (92.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.1%).