{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Gisikon | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_flag = CHE Gisikon Flag.svg | imagepath_coa = CHE Gisikon COA.svg|pixel_coa= | image_photo = 2012-08-28 Regiono Seetal (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 438.JPG | canton = Lucerne | iso-code-region = CH-LU | district = [[Lucerne (district)|Lucerne]] |coordinates = {{coord|47|7|N|8|24|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6038 | municipality_code = 1055 | area = 1.08 | elevation = 418|elevation_description= | population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-LU|1055}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-LU}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-LU}} | website = https://www.gisikon.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Honau, Switzerland|Honau]], [[Inwil]], [[Root, Switzerland|Root]] | twintowns = |}} '''Gisikon''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Lucerne (district)|Lucerne]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Lucerne (canton)|Lucerne]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History== [[File:Geltwil Sonderbundskrieg.JPG|left|150px|thumb|[[Geltwil]] memorial for the 1847 ''Gyslikon'' battle.]] Gisikon is first mentioned around 1270 as ''Gisinkon''.<ref name=HDS/> In the 19th century, especially referring to the battle that occurred on 23 November 1847 during the [[Sonderbund War]] or sometimes the battle of 5 June 1653 during the [[Swiss peasant war of 1653]], the town was often (erroneously) called ''Gislikon''.<ref>{{aut|Constantin Siegwart-Müller}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gqcUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA650&dq=Gislikon&hl=en ''Der Sieg der Gewalt über das Recht in der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft''] (1866) 650–655.</ref><ref>{{aut|Johann Jakob Christen}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qBlbAAAAcAAJ ''Der Bauernkrieg im Jahr 1653, oder der grosse Volksaufstand in der Schweiz''] (1831), p. 292, 294, 313, 314, 366, 368, 369.</ref>
==Geography== Gisikon has an area of {{convert|1.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 50% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|1997|alt=In the 1997 land survey}}, 19.82% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 46.85% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 13.51% is covered with buildings, 2.7% is industrial, 0.9% is classed as special developments, and 8.11% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 4.5% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.9% is other unproductive land.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
The municipality is located in the [[Reuss River|Reuss]] valley on the old highway between [[Lucerne]] and [[Zürich]].
==Demographics== Gisikon has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-LU}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-LU|1055}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-LU}} {{as of|2007}}, 9.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. 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 (92.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.5%) and French being third ( 1.2%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 40.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (24%), the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] (16.6%) and the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SPS]] (10.8%).
The age distribution in Gisikon is; 241 people or 24.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 290 people or 29.5% are 20–39 years old, and 378 people or 38.5% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 62 people or 6.3% are 65–79 years old, 9 or 0.9% are 80–89 years old and 2 people or 0.2% of the population are 90+ years old.<ref name=LUSTAT>[http://www.lustat.ch/index/daten_online/gemeinden/gd_0003/gemeinde_uebersicht.htm LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127000000/http://www.lustat.ch/index/daten_online/gemeinden/gd_0003/gemeinde_uebersicht.htm |date=November 27, 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 12 August 2009</ref>
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gisikon about 83.9% 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]]'').
{{as of|2000}} there are 323 households, of which 74 households (or about 22.9%) contain only a single individual. 25 or about 7.7% are large households, with at least five members.<ref name=LUSTAT/> {{as of|2000}} there were 186 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 165 were built only as housing, and 21 were [[Mixed-use development|mixed use]] buildings. There were 129 single family homes, 13 double family homes, and 23 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (87) or three (51) story structures. There were only 6 single story buildings and 21 four or more story buildings.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
Gisikon has an unemployment rate of 1.65%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 17 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 98 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 286 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 25 businesses in this sector.<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 20-Aug-2009</ref> {{as of|2000}} 58.2% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40.4% of the workforce.
{{as of|2000|alt=In the 2000 census}} the religious membership of Gisikon was; 585 (69.1%) were Roman Catholic, and 146 (17.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 14 (1.65%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 21 individuals (2.48% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 8 (0.94%) individuals who belong to another religion, 65 (7.67%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 8 (0.94%) who did not answer the question.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|618|Gisikon}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! year ! population |- | 1798 | 111 |- | 1850 | 153 |- | 1900 | 144 |- | 1950 | 185 |- | 1990 | 625 |- | 2000 | 847 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Gisikon}} * {{HDS|618|Gisikon}}
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