Gisikon

memorial for the 1847 Gyslikon battle. Gisikon is first mentioned around 1270 as Gisinkon. ==Geography==

Gisikon has an area of . Of this area, 50% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 19.82% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 46.85% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 13.51% is covered with buildings, 2.7% is industrial, 0.9% is classed as special developments, and 8.11% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 4.5% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.9% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Reuss valley on the old highway between Lucerne and Zürich. ==Demographics==

Gisikon has a population (as of ) of . , 9.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.5%) and French being third ( 1.2%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (24%), the FDP (16.6%) and the SPS (10.8%). The age distribution in Gisikon is; 241 people or 24.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 290 people or 29.5% are 20–39 years old, and 378 people or 38.5% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 62 people or 6.3% are 65–79 years old, 9 or 0.9% are 80–89 years old and 2 people or 0.2% of the population are 90+ years old. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gisikon about 83.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). there are 323 households, of which 74 households (or about 22.9%) contain only a single individual. 25 or about 7.7% are large households, with at least five members. 58.2% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40.4% of the workforce. the religious membership of Gisikon was; 585 (69.1%) were Roman Catholic, and 146 (17.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 14 (1.65%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 21 individuals (2.48% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 8 (0.94%) individuals who belong to another religion, 65 (7.67%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 8 (0.94%) who did not answer the question. ==References==