Adligenswil is a spread out community on the north side of the valley of the Würzenbach river. to the south-west, the Würzenbach flows into Lake Luzerne. The western part of the municipality is drained into the Ron valley. The main settlement, Adligenswil is located in a depression between Mount Dietschiberg and Mount Dottenberg, Stuben is on the western border of the municipality, and Dottenberg is on the slope of the hill of the same name. Adligenswil has an area of. Of this area, 54.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.5% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. , 24.32% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 51.65% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.86% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 11.87% is covered with buildings, 1.14% is industrial, 1.14% is classed as special developments, 2% is parks or greenbelts and 3.29% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.14% is unproductive standing water, 0.29% is unproductive flowing water and 1.29% is other unproductive land. The neighboring municipalities are Dierikon to the north, Udligenswil to the north-east, Küssnacht to the east, Meggen to the south, Lucerne in the south-west and Ebikon in the north-west.
History
The community was first mentioned in 1210 by its historic name Adalgeswile. Until the 13th century, Adligenswil, as well as all the area nearest to Lucerne, was under the control of Lucerne and the AlsatianMurbach Abbey. In 1291, Lucerne fell to the Habsburgs. Between the Battle of Morgarten and the Battle of Sempach, the Habsburg influence gradually declined. In 1406, Lucerne acquired control of the "Vogtei" of the Habsburgs, to which Adligenswil belonged. Adligenswil was made its own parish in 1861.
Population
Adligenswil has a population of. , 8.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19.4%. Most of the population speaks German , with French being second most common and Italian being third. Until long into the 20th century, Adligenswil retained an exclusively Roman Catholic population. the religious membership of Adligenswil was; 3,221 were Roman Catholic, and 1,001 were Protestant, with an additional 45 that were of some other Christian faith. There are 91 individuals who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 38 individuals who belong to another religion, 484 who do not belong to any organized religion, 130 who did not answer the question.
Historical Population
From 1798 until 1970, the population increased only slowly, from 433 to 953 inhabitants, so Adligenswil retained the character of a peasant village. Beginning in the 1970s, construction began, and has grown ever faster since 1975. The historical population is given in the following table:
year
population
1695
252
1798
433
1850
608
1888
540
1900
575
1950
712
2000
5,010
Politics
For a long time three of the five seats on the municipal council have been held by women. In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 23.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP, the FDP and the SPS. The current membership of the town council is:
The proportion of the employed citizens working in agriculture has dropped sharply in the last decade. The biggest employers are the printing company Ringier and the market research institute DemoScope. Adligenswil has an unemployment rate of 1.56%. , there were 89 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 646 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 44 businesses in this sector. 608 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 133 businesses in this sector. 54.5% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 43.6% of the workforce. Despite this the commuter balance is still negative, with 1,933 locals who commute from Adligenswil and only 897 who commute to Adligenswil.
Demographics
The age distribution in Adligenswil is: 1,392 people or 25.4% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,256 people or 23% are 20–39 years old, and 2,191 people or 40% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 533 people or 9.7% are 65–79 years old, 86 or 1.6% are 80–89 years old and 14 people or 0.3% of the population are 90+ years old. In Adligenswil, about 86.1% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. As of 2000, there are 1,783 households, of which 358 households contain only a single individual. 203 or about 11.4% are large households, with at least five members. there were 1,021 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 929 were built only as housing, and 92 were mixed use buildings. There were 750 single family homes, 72 double family homes, and 107 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two or three story structures. There were only 45 single story buildings and 75 four or more story buildings.
