{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Root | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Root COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Root Flag.svg | image_photo = 2013-09-04 Root (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 003.JPG | canton = Lucerne | iso-code-region = CH-LU | district = [[Lucerne (district)|Lucerne]] |coordinates = {{coord|47|07|N|08|23|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6037 | municipality_code = 1065 | area = 8.65 | elevation = 422|elevation_description=|highest=Rooterberg|highest_m=891|lowest=[[Reuss (river)|Reuss]]|lowest_m=409 | population = 3949 |populationof = December 2007 | popofyear = 2007 | website = www.gemeinde-root.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Buchrain]], [[Dierikon]], [[Gisikon]], [[Honau, Switzerland|Honau]], [[Inwil]], [[Meierskappel]], [[Risch]] (ZG), [[Udligenswil]] | twintowns = |}} '''Root''' ({{IPA|de-CH|ˈroːt}}) 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]]. On 1 January 2025 the former municipality of [[Honau, Switzerland|Honau]] merged into the municipality of Root.
==Geography== [[File:ETH-BIB-Root-LBS H1-015535.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1953)]] Root has an area of {{convert|8.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|1997|alt=In the 1997 land survey}}, 27.86% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 47.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.58% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 6.71% is covered with buildings, 4.97% is industrial, 0.81% is classed as special developments, 1.27% is parks or greenbelts and 2.89% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 3.7% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.69% is other unproductive land.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
==Demographics== Root has a population ({{as of|2019|lc=on}}) of 5,125, of which 26.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14.5%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (85.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 4.2%) and Albanian being third ( 3.8%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 36% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (33.5%), the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] (14%) and the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SPS]] (9.1%).
The age distribution in Root is; 1,058 people or 25.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,281 people or 30.4% are 20–39 years old, and 1,386 people or 32.9% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 355 people or 8.4% are 65–79 years old, 115 or 2.7% are 80–89 years old and 16 people or 0.4% 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/20111127191523/http://www.lustat.ch/index/daten_online/gemeinden/gd_0003/gemeinde_uebersicht.htm |date=27 November 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 12 August 2009</ref>
In Root about 66% 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 1,432 households, of which 427 households (or about 29.8%) contain only a single individual. 138 or about 9.6% are large households, with at least five members.<ref name=LUSTAT/> {{as of|2000}} there were 504 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 381 were built only as housing, and 123 were [[Mixed-use development|mixed use]] buildings. There were 211 single family homes, 34 double family homes, and 136 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (147) or three (150) story structures. There were only 3 single story buildings and 81 four or more story buildings.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
Root has an unemployment rate of 2.36%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 91 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 1250 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 66 businesses in this sector. 973 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 141 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 20 August 2009</ref> {{as of|2000}} 53.8% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 41.6% of the workforce.
{{as of|2000|alt=In the 2000 census}} the religious membership of Root was; 2,435 (67.2%) were Roman Catholic, and 335 (9.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 85 (2.34%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 450 individuals (12.41% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 22 (0.61%) individuals who belong to another religion, 190 (5.24%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 108 (2.98%) who did not answer the question.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{Commons category|Root LU|Root}}
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