Alberswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Alberswil is first mentioned around 1220 as Alberswile.
Alberswil has an area, as of 2006, of 3.6 km (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 73.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (classed as other, not water, unproductive land). In t...
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Alberswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Alberswil is first mentioned around 1220 as Alberswile.
Alberswil has an area, as of 2006, of 3.6 km (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 73.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (classed as other, not water, unproductive land). In the 1997 land survey, 18.16% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 70.95% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.79% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.35% is covered with buildings, 0.56% is industrial, 0.56% is classed as special developments, and 3.35% is transportation infrastructure.
The municipality is located on the edge of the Wauwilermoos bog. It consists of the linear village of Alberswil, the hamlet of Burgrain and Schloss (castle) Kasteln.
Alberswil has a population (as of 31...
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