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Romoos
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 Romoos
Location in Switzerland
Romoos
Location in Canton of Lucerne
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| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Lucerne | |
| District | Entlebuch | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 37.39 km2 (14.44 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 791 m (2,595 ft) | |
| Population
(Dec 2020 )
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| • Total | 656 | |
| • Density | 17.545/km2 (45.44/sq mi) | |
| Postal code |
6112
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| Surrounded by | Doppleschwand, Entlebuch, Escholzmatt, Hasle, Hergiswil bei Willisau, Menznau, Schüpfheim, Trub (BE), Wolhusen | |
Romoos is a municipality located in the Entlebuch district. It is part of the Lucerne canton in Switzerland.
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Geography of Romoos
Romoos covers an area of about 37.3 square kilometers (14.4 square miles). Most of this land is covered by forests. About 61.8% of Romoos is forest land. Another large part, 34.6%, is used for farming. This includes fields for crops and pastures for animals.
A small part of Romoos, about 2.2%, has buildings and roads. The remaining 1.4% includes rivers and other natural areas that are not used for farming or building. In 1997, a survey showed that forests made up 61.76% of the land.
People and Population
Romoos has a population of 656 people (as of 31 December 2020). In 2007, a very small number of people, 0.5%, were from other countries. Over the past ten years, the number of people living in Romoos has gone down by about 11.1%.
Most people in Romoos speak German. About 98.5% of the population spoke German in 2000. Albanian was the second most common language, spoken by 0.7% of people. Portuguese was third, spoken by 0.4%.
Age Groups in Romoos
The population of Romoos is divided into different age groups:
- About 27.1% of people are 19 years old or younger.
- Around 23.8% are between 20 and 39 years old.
- About 32.4% are between 40 and 64 years old.
- Older adults, aged 65 to 79, make up 9.8% of the population.
- People aged 80 to 89 are 5.9% of the population.
- A small group, 1%, are 90 years old or older.
Education and Homes
Many adults in Romoos have a good education. About 47.3% of people aged 25 to 64 have finished either a non-mandatory upper secondary education or a higher education like university.
In 2000, there were 218 households in Romoos. A household is a group of people living together. About 20.6% of these households had only one person. Around 28% were large households with five or more people.
Most buildings in Romoos are homes. In 2000, there were 159 inhabited buildings. Of these, 62 were only for living in. The other 97 were mixed-use buildings, meaning they had both homes and businesses. Most homes were two or three stories tall.
Work and Jobs
Romoos has a very low unemployment rate, which means most people who want to work have jobs. The unemployment rate was 0.3%.
In 2005, many people worked in the primary economic sector. This sector includes jobs like farming and forestry. There were 212 people working in this area. The secondary sector includes jobs like manufacturing. There were 44 people working in this sector. The tertiary sector includes service jobs, like working in shops or offices. There were 40 people working in this sector.
In 2000, about 45.6% of the people in Romoos had a job. Women made up 35.6% of the people working.
Politics and Elections
In the 2007 election, the most popular political group was the CVP. This party received 63.4% of all the votes. The next most popular parties were the SVP (21.8%), the FDP (11.9%), and the Green Party (1.6%).
