Mosen ( German: Mosen LU ) is a village and former commune in Switzerland , in the canton of Lucerne . The population was 284 people in 2007 . The official code is 1035 . On January 1, 2009, together with the communes of Gelfingen , Rechville , Hemikon , Muswangen and Sulz, it became part of Hitzkirch , Hochdorf County.
| Village | |||
| Mozen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosen lu | |||
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| A country |  Switzerland | ||
| Canton | Lucerne | ||
| County | Hochdorf | ||
| Community | Hitzkirch | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Village with | 2009 | ||
| Square | 1.73 km² | ||
| Center height | 458 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 276 people ( 2006 ) | ||
| Official language | Deutsch | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +41 41 | ||
| Postcode | 6295 | ||
| Car code | Lu | ||
| Official code | 1035 | ||
In the elections in 2007, the Swiss People’s Party received the largest number of votes (38.9%), 27.2% voted for the Christian Democratic People’s Party , and 28.1% voted for the Free Democratic Party.
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Geographical position
Mozen's area was 1.6 km². 70.9% of the area was agricultural land, 15.2% - forests, 11.4% of the territory inhabited [1] .
History
First mentioned in 1045 as Moseheim . In 1264 - Mozheim [2] .
On May 21, 2006, an unsuccessful attempt was made to unify Hitskirch with the next ten communes, in a vote of 5 out of 11 voted against the merger [3] . Later, there was a proposal to merge only seven communes ( Gelfingen , Hemikon, Mozen, Muswangen , Rechville, Hitzkirch and Sulz ), which was adopted [4] . The united commune had an area of 24.62 km² [5] .
Population
As of 2007, the population of Mozen was 284 people. 90.2% of the inhabitants speak German, 2.8% speak Albanian, 2.0% speak Turkish. In 2000, 31.5% of the population were under the age of 19 years, 58.7% - from 20 to 64 years old, over 64 years old there were 9.8% of the population. In 2005, the Mozen unemployment rate was 1.13% [1] .
| 1798 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | 217 | 166 | 177 | 254 | 284 |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived on September 4, 2011. accessed 18-Aug-2009
- ↑ Mozen (Lucerne) - an article from the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (German) (French) (Italian)
- ↑ Kanton Luzern, Staatskanzlei (21 May 2006). Die Fusion im Hitzkirchertal kommt nicht zustande - fünf Gemeinden sagen nein - auch Hitzkirch (in German). Press release . Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved on August 18, 2009 .
- ↑ Canton of Lucerne, Office of Municipalities Archived July 6, 2011. (German) accessed 18 August 2009
- ↑ Updated statistics (inaccessible link) (German) accessed 18 August 2009.