Altbüron

Geschichte

Altbüron is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryAltbüron is first mentioned in 1194 as Alpurron.GeographyAltbüron has an area, of 6.8km2. Of this area, 60.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.6% is forested. The rest of the land, (9.7%) is settled., 29.65% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 57.82% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.83% is covered with buildings, 0.44% is industrial, 1.77% is classed as special developments, 0.15% is parks or greenbelts and 3.54% is transportation infrastructure.The municipality is located in the Rot river valley (Rottal).DemographicsAltbüron has a population of., 81 or about 9.0% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.7%. Most of the population speaks German (93.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.9%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (29.9%), the SVP (19.3%) and the Green Party (5.4%).The age distribution, in Altbüron is; 238 people or 26.3% of the population is 0–19 years old. 228 people or 25.2% are 20–39 years old, and 314 people or 34.7% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 89 people or 9.8% are 65–79 years old, 34 or 3.8% are 80–89 years old and 1 people or 0.1% of the population are 90+ years old.