Beromünster is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2004 the former municipality of Schwarzenbach merged into the municipality of Beromünster. On 1 January 2009 the former municipality of Gunzwil merged into the municipality of Beromünster followed by Neudorf on 1 January 2013.
History
thumb|left|200px|Münster im Aargau in 1654, by [[Matthäus Merian the Younger]]
Beromünster is first mentioned in 1223 as villa Beronensis. In 1333 it was mentioned as Münster in Ergöwe. Until 1934 it was known simply as Münster (LU). The merged municipality in 2009 had an area of .
Demographics
Beromünster has a population (as of ) of . , 13.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. The combined municipality has a population of 4,588 of which 10.1% are foreign.
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Beromünster about 71.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
there are 1,542 households, of which 400 (or about 25.9%) contain only one individual. 253 or about 16.4% are large households, with at least five members. 50.5% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40.5% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Beromünster was; 3,650 (82.1%) were Roman Catholic, and 330 (7.4%) were Protestant, with an additional 73 (1.64%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 2 individuals (0.04% of the population) who are Jewish. There are 165 individuals (3.71% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 1 (0.02%) individuals who belonged to another religion, 113 (2.54%) who did not belong to any organized religion, 114 (2.56%) who did not answer the question.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! year
! population
|-
| 1695
| c. 890
|-
| 1798
| 939
|-
| 1837
| 1,071
|-
| 1850
| 1,148
|-
| 1860
| 1,198
|-
| 1900
| 973
|-
| 1950
| 1,434
|-
| 2000
| 2,358
|-
|}
Sights
thumb|Blosenbergturm outside Beromünster
Beromünster is the site of the Blosenbergturm, a tall radio tower built in 1937. The castle at Beromünster was the site of one of the first printing presses in Switzerland, built in 1470.
Weather
Beromünster has an average of 138.1 days of rain per year and receives an average of of precipitation. The wettest month is June, when Beromünster receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 13.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.7, but with only of precipitation. The driest month of the year is October with an average of of precipitation over 13.2 days.
Notable people
- Joseph Widmer (1779–1844) a Swiss Catholic theologian. A native of Hohenrain, he died in Beromünster.
- Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler (1780–1866) a Swiss physician, politician and philosopher
- Pia Fries (born 1955) a Swiss painter