| Subject Name: | Sulz |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Lucerne |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-LU |
| Coordinates: | 47.2167°N 25°W |
| Postal Code: | 6284 |
| Municipality Code: | 1042 |
| Area: | 3.84 |
| Elevation: | 661 |
| Population: | 186 |
| Populationof: | December 2007 |
| Popofyear: | 2007 |
| Website: | keine Website |
Sulz is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, Sulz together with Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, and Retschwil joined Hitzkirch.
Sulz has an area of 3.9km2. Of this area, 65.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.5% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.4%) is settled.
On 21 May 2006 an attempt to merge the Hitzkirch and the surrounding 10 municipalities failed, when five of the eleven voted against the merger.[1] A less ambitious merger was then proposed and accepted, with the municipalities of Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joining Hitzkirch.[2] The merged municipality has an area of 24.62km2[3]
Sulz has a population of 186, of which 4.3% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.8%. Most of the population speaks German (99.4%), with the rest speaking French (0.6%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (37%), the SVP (19.5%) and the Green Party (1.7%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.3%. In Sulz about 74.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Sulz has an unemployment rate of 0.09%., there were 47 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. No one is employed in the tertiary sector, and there are no businesses in this sector.[4]