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Littau is a former
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' ...
, and now part of the city of
Lucerne Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), di ...
, in the district of Lucerne in the
canton of Lucerne The canton of Lucerne ( ; ; ; ) is a Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Switzerland. It is located in the country's central, German-speaking Switzerland, German-speaking part. The population of the canton (as of ) is . , the population included 57 ...
in
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne.


History

Littau is first mentioned in 1178 as ''Litowo''. On 1 January 2010, Littau has merged with the city (and municipality) of Lucerne. Art. 5 of the merger treaty states that the new municipality's name is to be "Luzern".


Geography

Littau has an area of . Of this area, 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 21.08% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 49.17% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.16% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 10.47% is covered with buildings, 4.29% is industrial, 1.96% is classed as special developments, 2.33% is parks or greenbelts and 5.8% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.66% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.08% is other unproductive land. The former municipality is located along both sides of the
Kleine Emme The Kleine Emme is a river of the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, a left tributary of the Reuss extending for 58 km, draining a basin of 477 km². It is not to be confused with the Emme of the canton of Bern. The Kleine Emme rises as ...
river. It grew out of four separate sections which each had their own topography and individual history. The first section was the village of Littau, second Niederlittau and Littauerboden, third the individual farm house of the Littauerberg area and fourth Reussbühl and Ruopigen.


Demographics

Littau had a population (in 2009) of 17,224.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
, MS Excel document – ''Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden'' accessed 25 August 2010.
, 36.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the previous 10 years the population had grown at a rate of 6.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (75.6%), with Italian being second-most common (6.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (6.0%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (26.5%), the FDP (21%) and the SPS (14.3%). The age distribution in Littau was as follows: 3,821 people or 22.6% of the population were 0–19 years old, 4,986 people or 29.5% were 20–39 years old, and 5,800 people or 34.3% were 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution was 1,786 people or 10.6% were 65–79 years old, 451 or 2.7% were 80–89 years old and 61 people or 0.4% of the population were 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics
accessed 12 August 2009.
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Littau about 56.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ). there were 6,636 households, of which 2,218 households (or about 33.4%) contained only a single individual. 467 or about 7.% were large households, with at least five members. there were 1,292 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 1,026 were built only as housing, and 266 were
mixed-use Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions ...
buildings. There were 435 single family homes, 91 double family homes, and 500 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two- (310) or three- (293) story structures. There were only 31 single-story buildings and 392 four- or more story buildings. Littau had an unemployment rate of 3.76%. , there were 162 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 48 businesses involved in this sector. 2189 people were employed in the
secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there are 167 businesses in this sector. 3532 people were 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 ...
, with 400 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 20-Aug-2009
53.9% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 44% of the workforce. the religious membership of Littau was: 10,154 (63.7%) were Roman Catholic, and 1,643 (10.3%) were Protestant, with an additional 966 (6.06%) that were of some other Christian faith. There were 8 individuals (0.05% of the population) who were Jewish. There are 1,270 individuals (7.97% of the population) who were Muslim. Of the rest, there were 226 (1.42%) individuals who belonged to another religion, 866 (5.44%) who did not belong to any organized religion, and 796 (5.%) who did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:


Points of interests

The world's tallest pylon of prefabricated concrete is pylon 301 of powerline
Innertkirchen Innertkirchen is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district), Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in Bern (canton), the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, ...
– Littau – Mettlen. The pylon, built in 1990, has a height of . File:Freileitungsmast.jpg File:Abspannmast.jpg File:Mast_301_Wald.JPG File:Mast_301_Boden.JPG File:Mast_301_Tafel_1.jpg


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* {{Authority control Former municipalities of the canton of Lucerne Populated places disestablished in 2010