{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Ennetbürgen | municipality_type = municipality | image_photo = EnnetbuergenSeeufer.jpg | imagepath_coa = CHE Ennetburgen COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Ennetbürgen Flag.svg | canton = Nidwalden | iso-code-region = CH-NW | district = n.a. |coordinates = {{coord|46|59|N|8|25|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6373 | municipality_code = 1505 | area = 17.70 | elevation = 435|elevation_description= | population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-NW|1505}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-NW}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-NW}} | website = www.ennetbuergen.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Beckenried]], [[Buochs]], [[Gersau]] (SZ), [[Lucerne]] (LU) [[Stans]], [[Stansstad]], [[Vitznau]] (LU), [[Weggis]] (LU) | twintowns = |}} '''Ennetbürgen''' is a [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Nidwalden]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History== [[file:ETH-BIB-Ennetbürgen-LBS H1-019420.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1956)]] Ennetbürgen is first mentioned by 1190 as ''Burgin''. In 1799, it became ''Enet-Bürgen'' and in 1836, ''Ennerbürgen''. Since 1850, the official name has been Ennetbürgen.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography== Ennetbürgen has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|9.4|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. Of this area, 51.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>
The municipality is located between [[Lake Lucerne]] and the foot of the Bürgenberg mountain.
==Demographics== Ennetbürgen has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-NW}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-NW|1505}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-NW}} {{as of|2007}}, 10.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.<ref name=NW_pop>[http://www.nw.ch/de/verwaltung/departemente/welcome.php?departement_id=12&page=5&action=download&id=2575 Nidwalden Statistical Office-Population] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173735/http://www.nw.ch/de/verwaltung/departemente/welcome.php?departement_id=12&page=5&action=download&id=2575 |date=3 March 2016 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 September 2009</ref> Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (94.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Italian being third ( 0.9%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=January 5, 2016 }} accessed 04-Sep-2009</ref> {{as of|2008}}, the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female.
{{as of|2000}}, there are 1,583 households, of which 994 households (or about 62.8%) contain only one or two individuals. 131 or about 8.3% are large households, with at least five members.<ref name=NW_Gemeinde>[http://www.nw.ch/de/onlinemain/publikationen/welcome.php?action=download&amt_id=&id=2200 Nidwalden Statistical Office-Municipalities]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 September 2009</ref>
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]], the most popular party was the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] which received 88.2% of the vote. Most of the rest of votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.8%).<ref name=SFSO/>
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ennetbürgen, about 75% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>
Ennetbürgen has an unemployment rate of 1.12%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 122 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 52 businesses involved in this sector. 318 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 43 businesses in this sector. 718 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 123 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|751|Ennetbürgen}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! year ! population |- | 1850 | 880 |- | 1870 | 972 |- | 1880 | 898 |- | 1900 | 923 |- | 1950 | 1,446 |- | 1960 | 1,917 |- | 1970 | 2,350 |- | 1980 | 2,716 |- | 1990 | 3,529 |- | 2000 | 3,976 |- | 2005 | 4,198 |- |}
==Sights== [[File:StJostAmBuergen.jpg|thumb|Chapel of St. Jost]] The main sights of Ennetbürgen are: the chapel ''St. Jost'', and the clergy house ''St. Jost''.
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{commons category|Ennetbürgen}}
{{Municipalities of the canton of Nidwalden}} {{Authority control}}
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