Ettiswil

Sister cities

• Pfarrkirchen

History

Ettiswil is first mentioned around 1070-90. It was mentioned between 1217 and 1222 as Ettiswile.

Geography

Ettiswil has an area, , of . Of this area, 73.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 17.35% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 70.82% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.88% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.04% is covered with buildings, 0.24% is industrial, 0.64% is classed as special developments, and 2.4% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.08% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.56% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located south of the Wauwilermoos.