Editing Lungern (section)

===Economy===
[[Image:Lungern-volklore.jpg|thumb|Folk celebration, with traditional costumes.]]
Lungern has{{When|date=June 2020}} an unemployment rate of 0.6%.  In 2005, there were 156 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 66 businesses involved; 443 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 27 businesses involved; 394 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 54 businesses.<ref name=SFSO/>  About 24% of the workers were involved in agriculture and forestry, 40% were considered artisans or craftsman.  Of the rest of the working population, 13% were in commercial business or teaching staff, 12% were self-employed and 11% were domestic and hotel employees.<ref>[http://www.lungern.ch/de/portrait/willkommensgruss/ Municipality of Lungern-Welcome] {{in lang|de}} accessed 3 September 2009</ref>

Economically, agriculture, forestry and wood-working are predominant.  Agriculture comprises cattle-breeding and dairy-farming. All of the agricultural farms are cultivated by native highlanders, and they are mainly situated not in the bottom of the valley but on its slopes.{{Dubious|date=June 2020}}<!-- Is this about 2020, or about 2005? Is the present tense appropriate? -->

Lungern has a large industrial sector with the main employers being {{Interlanguage link|qid=Q1495365|Gasser Felstechnik}} with 300 employees specialising in securing rockfaces preventing rockfalls and landslides, neue Holzbau AG<ref group="n">[https://neueholzbau.ch/firma/unsere-mitarbeiter/ neue Holzbau AG website]</ref> (70+ employees) specialising in pre-fabricated wooden constructions and engineered wood products, H-P Gasser Membranbau<ref group="n">[https://www.hpgasser.ch/team/ H-P Gasser Membranbau website]</ref> (80+ employees) specialising in membrane structures and skylights and Sutter Fahrzeugbau<ref group="n">[https://sutter-fahrzeugbau.ch/ Sutter Fahrzeugbau website]</ref> who are specialists in coachwork and commercial vehicles. Located in the Obsee sector of Lungern together with many smaller companies, ensures{{Vague|date=June 2020}} <!-- WHAT ensures this? --> that companies in Lungern provide employment not just for the inhabitants of the village but the Sarner-Aa valley and the [[Haslital]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}