Emmetten
Emmetten is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
History
Emmetten is first mentioned about 1160 as Empnoten.Geography
Emmetten has an area,, of. Of this area, 37.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.The municipality is located along the cantonal highway between Beckenried and Seelisberg on both sides of the Egg crossing over the edge of Lake Lucerne.
Demographics
Emmetten has a population of. , 15.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%. Most of the population speaks German , with English being second most common and Italian being third. the gender distribution of the population was 53.4% male and 46.6% female.there are 487 households, of which 310 households contain only one or two individuals. 36 or about 7.4% are large households, with at least five members.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the Free [Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP] which received 87.1% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties.
In Emmetten about 69.1% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
| 1743 | 378 |
| 1850 | 659 |
| 1860 | 603 |
| 1880 | 632 |
| 1900 | 593 |
| 1950 | 680 |
| 1960 | 698 |
| 1970 | 631 |
| 1980 | 715 |
| 1990 | 1,013 |
| 2000 | 1,222 |
| 2005 | 1,184 |