Pfaffnau

Geschichte

Pfaffnau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. In the municipality two different parts are existing, the village Pfaffnau and the Former Monastery of St. Urban.HistoryPfaffnau is first mentioned in 924 as Fafanhaa/Fafana. In 1173 it was mentioned as Phafena.GeographyPfaffnau has an area of. Of this area, 11.41km2 or 64.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.3km2 or 24.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.71km2 or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.09km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 23.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.5% is used for growing crops and 21.6% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the hill country in the north-west corner of the canton, on the border with the cantons of Bern and Aargau. It consists of the former abbey village (Klosterdorf) of Pfaffnau and the hamlets of Burg, Buttenried, Murhof, Nuttele, Sagen, Schuelerslehn and Sankt Urban.DemographicsPfaffnau has a population of., 8.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 0.5%. Migration accounted for 0%, while births and deaths accounted for 1.2%.