Sulz, Lucerne
{{Other places|Sulz (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Swiss town
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| municipality_type = former
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| canton = Lucerne
| iso-code-region = CH-LU
| district = Hochdorf
|coordinates = {{coord|47|13|N|8|17|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code = 6284
| municipality_code = 1042
| area = 3.84
| elevation = 661|elevation_description=
| population = 186 |populationof = December 2007 | popofyear = 2007
| website = keine Website
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| neighboring_municipalities= Beinwil (Freiamt) (AG), Gelfingen, Hämikon, Hitzkirch, Lieli, Müswangen
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Sulz is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, Sulz together with Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, and Retschwil joined Hitzkirch.
Geography
Sulz has an area of {{convert|3.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 65.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.5% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.4%) is settled.
On 21 May 2006 an attempt to merge the Hitzkirch and the surrounding 10 municipalities failed, when five of the eleven voted against the merger.{{cite press release | title = Die Fusion im Hitzkirchertal kommt nicht zustande – fünf Gemeinden sagen nein – auch Hitzkirch | publisher = Kanton Luzern, Staatskanzlei | date = 21 May 2006 | url = http://www.lu.ch/mm_detail.html?id=3146¶meter=1863 | access-date = 18 August 2009 | language = de | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611153601/http://www.lu.ch/mm_detail.html?id=3146¶meter=1863 | archive-date = 11 June 2011 }} A less ambitious merger was then proposed and accepted, with the municipalities of Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joining Hitzkirch.[http://www.gemeindereform.lu.ch/index/strukturreform/bisherige_fusionen.htm Canton of Lucerne, Office of Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706234841/http://www.gemeindereform.lu.ch/index/strukturreform/bisherige_fusionen.htm |date=2011-07-06 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 18 August 2009 The merged municipality has an area of {{convert|24.62|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}[http://www.lustat.ch/gd_1030_gb2009.pdf Updated statistics]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 18 August 2009.
Demographics
Sulz has a population ({{as of|2007|lc=on}}) of 186, of which 4.3% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.8%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (99.4%), with the rest speaking French (0.6%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (37%), the SVP (19.5%) and the Green Party (1.7%).
The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.3%. In Sulz about 74.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Sulz has an unemployment rate of 0.09%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 47 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. No one is employed in the tertiary sector, and there are no businesses in this sector.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904041839/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html |date=2011-09-04 }} accessed 19-Aug-2009
References
{{Commons category|Sulz LU}}
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