municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Willisau
Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the Lucerne canton of Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2006 from the municipalities of Willisau Land (W. Country) and Willisau Stadt (W. Town).canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of
Ebersecken
Ebersecken is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Ebersecken merged into Altishofen.
History
Ebersecken is first mentioned in 1274 as ''Ebersec ...
merged into Altishofen.
History
Altishofen is first mentioned around 1184-90 as ''Alteloshovin''. In 1190 it was mentioned as ''Alteloshoven''.
Geography
Altishofen has an area, , of . 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
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
of Eichbühl.
Demographics
Altishofen has a population (as of ) of . , 188 or about 14.2% are not Swiss citizens.LUSTAT-Canton Lucerne Statistical Office accessed 25 August 2009 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
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
(5.4%).
The age distribution, , in Altishofen is; 337 people or 25.4% of the population is 0–19 years old. 413 people or 31.1% are 20–39 years old, and 424 people or 32% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 124 people or 9.4% are 65–79 years old, 27 or 2% are 80–89 years old and 1 person or 0.1% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics accessed 12 August 2009
In Altishofen about 67.7% 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 461 households, of which 131 households (or about 28.4%) contain only a single individual. 65 or about 14.1% are large households, with at least five members. there were 239 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 180 were built only as housing, and 59 were
mixed use
Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to som ...
buildings. There were 116 single family homes, 31 double family homes, and 33 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (95) or three (53) story structures. There were only 19 single story buildings and 13 four or more story buildings.
Altishofen has an unemployment rate of 1.7%. , there were 67 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 102 people are employed in the
secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there are 16 businesses in this sector. 1397 people are employed in the
tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 40 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 25-Aug-2009 53.6% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 38.5% of the workforce.
the religious membership of Altishofen was; 959 (75.%) were Roman Catholic, and 100 (7.8%) were Protestant, with an additional 35 (2.74%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 95 individuals (7.43% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 49 (3.83%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 41 (3.21%) who did not answer the question.
The historical population is given in the following table: