Altishofen

Geschichte

Altishofen is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.HistoryAltishofen is first mentioned around 1184-90 as Alteloshovin. In 1190 it was mentioned as Alteloshoven.GeographyAltishofen has an area, of 5.7km2. Of this area, 51% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers)., 38.72% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 47.05% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.82% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.86% is covered with buildings, 2.43% is industrial, and 2.78% is transportation infrastructure. The municipality is located in the Wiggertal. It consists of the village of Altishofen and the hamlets of Eichbühl.DemographicsAltishofen has a population of., 188 or about 14.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.4%. Most of the population speaks German (90.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.3%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 59.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (16.9%), the FDP (13.4%) and the Green Party (5.4%).