Ballwil is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the district of
Hochdorf in the
canton
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Arts and ent ...
of
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label= Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital o ...
in
Switzerland.
History
Ballwil is first mentioned in 924 as ''Paldiwilare''.
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Geography
Ballwil is located in the Seetal valley, south of Lake Baldegg.
The municipality has an area of . Of this area, 76.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[ , 11.68% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 74% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.75% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.27% is covered with buildings, 0.8% is industrial, 1.95% is classed as special developments, 0.11% is parks or greenbelts and 3.21% is transportation infrastructure.][
The municipality lies on the western slope of Mount Lindenberg, near the Reuss River. The main village and many numerous hamlets belong to the municipality. The largest of the hamlets are ''Gibelflüh'' (elev. , east of the village, first mentioned 1184/90), ''Gerlingen'' (elev. , south-east of the village, first mentioned in 1302), ''Wald'' (elev. , south-east of the village), ''Wissenwegen'' ( east), and ''Mettenwil''.
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Neighboring municipalities
The neighboring municipalities are listed in clockwise order, beginning in the north: Hohenrain, Sins in Canton Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capit ...
, Inwil, Eschenbach Eschenbach may refer to:
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, and Hochdorf.
Demographics
Ballwil has a population (as of ) of . , 5.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.6%), with Albanian being second most common (1.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (0.9%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (33.6%), the FDP (18.1%) and the SPS (6.6%).
The age distribution in Ballwil is; 612 people or 25.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 672 people or 27.5% are 20–39 years old, and 886 people or 36.3% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 203 people or 8.3% are 65–79 years old, 57 or 2.3% are 80–89 years old and 12 people or 0.5% of the population are 90+ years old.[LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics]
accessed 12 August 2009
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ballwil about 74.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
or additional higher education (either University or a ''Fachhochschule
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'').
there are 791 households, of which 197 households (or about 24.9%) contain only a single individual. 85 or about 10.7% are large households, with at least five members.[ there were 378 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 271 were built only as housing, and 107 were mixed use buildings. There were 178 single family homes, 46 double family homes, and 47 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (164) or three (65) story structures. There were only 21 single story buildings and 21 four or more story buildings.][
Ballwil has an unemployment rate of 0.97%. , there were 140 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 47 businesses involved in this sector. 342 people are employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there are 42 businesses in this sector. 327 people are employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector ( raw materials) and the secon ...
, with 73 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 18-Aug-2009 57.8% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 41.2% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Ballwil was; 1,731 (82.%) were Roman Catholic, and 163 (7.7%) were Protestant, with an additional 49 (2.32%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 12 individuals (0.57% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 5 (0.24%) individuals who belong to another religion, 96 (4.55%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 56 (2.65%) who did not answer the question.[
The historical population is given in the following graph:]
Notable residents
Thomas Häberli
Thomas Häberli (born 11 April 1974) is a Swiss professional footballer manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently the manager of the Estonia national team.
Club history
Born in Lucerne, Switzerland, Häberli began his ...
- professional footballer, currently with BSC Young Boys
BSC Young Boys (YB by short abbreviation ) are a Swiss sports club based in Bern, Switzerland. Its first team has won 15 Swiss league championships and six Swiss Cups. YB is one of the most successful Swiss football clubs internationally, reac ...
, grew up in the village and still lives there to this day.
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Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne