{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Udligenswil | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Udligenswil COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Udligenswil Flag.svg | image_photo = 2013-09-04 Udligenswil (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 119.JPG | canton = Lucerne | iso-code-region = CH-LU | district = [[Lucerne (district)|Lucerne]] |coordinates = {{coord|47|5|N|8|24|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6044 | municipality_code = 1067 | area = 6.25 | elevation = 621|elevation_description= | population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-LU|1067}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-LU}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-LU}} | website = www.udligenswil.ch | mayor = Thomas Rebsamen |mayor_asof = 2019 |mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Adligenswil]], [[Dierikon]], [[Küssnacht]] (SZ), [[Meierskappel]], [[Root, Switzerland|Root]] | twintowns = |}}
'''Udligenswil''' 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]].
==Geography== [[File:ETH-BIB-Udligenswil-LBS H1-029020.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1970)]] Udligenswil has an area of {{convert|6.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|1997|alt=In the 1997 land survey}}, 22.72% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 60.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.76% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.76% is covered with buildings, 0.48% is industrial, 0.64% is classed as special developments, and 3.04% is transportation infrastructure.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
==Demographics== Udligenswil has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-LU}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-LU|1067}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-LU}} {{as of|2007}}, 8.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.3%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (94.8%), with Albanian being second most common (1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (1.0%).
The following chart presents historical population of the municipality:<timeline> Colors= id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:auto height:320 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:40 bottom:20 right:35 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width: 25 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1798 from:start till:400 text:"400" bar:1816 from:start till:452 text:"452" bar:1837 from:start till:502 text:"502" bar:1850 from:start till:522 text:"522" bar:1860 from:start till:516 text:"516" bar:1870 from:start till:509 text:"509" bar:1880 from:start till:565 text:"565" bar:1888 from:start till:606 text:"606" bar:1900 from:start till:561 text:"561" bar:1910 from:start till:525 text:"525" bar:1920 from:start till:549 text:"549" bar:1930 from:start till:587 text:"587" bar:1941 from:start till:571 text:"571" bar:1950 from:start till:601 text:"601" bar:1960 from:start till:541 text:"541" bar:1970 from:start till:675 text:"675" bar:1980 from:start till:1226 text:"1226" bar:1990 from:start till:1662 text:"1662" bar:2000 from:start till:1851 text:"1851" bar:2010 from:start till:2186 text:"2186" bar:2011 from:start till:2189 text:"2189" bar:2012 from:start till:2196 text:"2196" bar:2013 from:start till:2174 text:"2174" bar:2014 from:start till:2262 text:"2262" bar:2015 from:start till:2278 text:"2278" bar:2016 from:start till:2285 text:"2285" bar:2017 from:start till:2279 text:"2279" </timeline>In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] which received 27.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (26%), the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (23.3%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (11.3%).
The age distribution in Udligenswil is; 542 people or 25.6% of the population is 0–19 years old. 494 people or 23.3% are 20–39 years old, and 812 people or 38.3% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 225 people or 10.6% are 65–79 years old, 40 or 1.9% are 80–89 years old and 5 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/20111127191523/http://www.lustat.ch/index/daten_online/gemeinden/gd_0003/gemeinde_uebersicht.htm |date=2011-11-27 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 12 August 2009</ref> In Udligenswil about 79.1% 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 663 households, of which 135 households (or about 20.4%) contain only a single individual. 76 or about 11.5% are large households, with at least five members.<ref name=LUSTAT/> {{as of|2000}} there were 426 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 364 were built only as housing, and 62 were [[Mixed-use development|mixed use]] buildings. There were 285 single family homes, 45 double family homes, and 34 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (210) or three (102) story structures. There were only 36 single story buildings and 16 four or more story buildings.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
Udligenswil has an unemployment rate of 1.19%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 92 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 33 businesses involved in this sector. 65 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 16 businesses in this sector. 126 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 46 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-Aug-2009</ref> {{as of|2000}} 54.8% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 41.4% of the workforce.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
{{as of|2000|alt=In the 2000 census}} the religious membership of Udligenswil was; 1,306 (70.6%) were Roman Catholic, and 276 (14.9%) were Protestant, with an additional 36 (1.94%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 1 individuals (0.05% of the population) who are Jewish. There are 34 individuals (1.84% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 5 (0.27%) individuals who belong to another religion, 136 (7.35%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 57 (3.08%) who did not answer the question.<ref name=LUSTAT/>
==References== {{Commons category|Udligenswil}} {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
{{Municipalities of the district of Lucerne}} {{Authority control}}
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