Geography
Hergiswil bei Willisau has an area, as of 2006, of 31.3 km2 (12.1 sq mi). Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey, 36.66% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 56.84% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.42% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 1.72% is covered with buildings, 0.06% is industrial, 0.19% is classed as special developments, 0.1% is parks or greenbelts and 1.47% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.19% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.35% is other unproductive land.
The municipality is located in the upper valley of the Enziwigger river in the northern Napfgebiet. It is a typical, for the alpine region, settlement of scattered farmhouses, alpine meadow grazing and forestry settlements.
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