Buttisholz

Geschichte

Buttisholz is a municipality located in the Sursee district of Lucerne, Switzerland.HistoryButtisholz is first mentioned in 1036 as Buttensulza.GeographyButtisholz has an area of 16.8km2. Of this area, 73.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)., 16.99% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 68.81% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.89% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4% is covered with buildings, 0.66% is industrial, 0.18% is classed as special developments, 0.18% is parks or greenbelts and 2.44% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 1.43% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.12% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.3% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located on the eastern edge of the Rottal. It consists of the village of Buttisholz and the hamlets of Luternau, Soppensee and St. Ottilien.DemographicsButtisholz has a population of., 10.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.6%. Most of the population speaks German (93.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.9%) and Italian being third ( 1.4%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 47.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.9%), the FDP (16.1%) and the SPS (4.2%).