Buttisholz is a

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located in the

Sursee Sursee is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Sursee is located at the northern end of Lake Sempach, not far from where the ''Sure'' (or ''Suhre'') river exits the lake ("See"), hence the name "Sursee". ...

district of

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

History

Buttisholz is first mentioned in 1036 as ''Buttensulza''.

Geography

Buttisholz has an area of . 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

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of Luternau, Soppensee and St. Ottilien.

Demographics

Buttisholz has a population (as of ) 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

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(4.2%). The age distribution in Buttisholz is; 873 people or 29.5% of the population is 0–19 years old. 796 people or 26.9% are 20–39 years old, and 927 people or 31.3% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 270 people or 9.1% are 65–79 years old, 84 or 2.8% are 80–89 years old and 14 people or 0.5% of the population are 90+ years old.LUSTAT Lucerne Cantonal Statistics
accessed 12 August 2009 The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buttisholz about 73.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a ''

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''). there are 896 households, of which 198 households (or about 22.1%) contain only a single individual. 170 or about 19.% are large households, with at least five members. there were 543 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 409 were built only as housing, and 134 were

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buildings. There were 285 single family homes, 80 double family homes, and 44 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (260) or three (109) story structures. There were only 23 single story buildings and 17 four or more story buildings. Buttisholz has an unemployment rate of 0.78%. , there were 277 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 90 businesses involved in this sector. 493 people are employed in the

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and there are 34 businesses in this sector. 406 people are employed in the

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, with 63 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 21-Aug-2009 52.5% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 40.8% of the workforce. the religious membership of Buttisholz was; 2,315 (86.4%) were Roman Catholic, and 140 (5.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 10 (0.37%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 71 individuals (2.65% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 2 (0.07%) individuals who belong to another religion, 83 (3.1%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 59 (2.2%) who did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:

Pictures

Buttisholz-St.Ottilien 01.jpg, Buttisholz, St. Ottilien – Saint Odile's Pilgrimage Chapel : west façade (main façade) Buttisholz-St.Ottilien 06.jpg, Buttisholz, St. Ottilien – Saint Odile's Pilgrimage Chapel : interior, high altar Buttisholz-St.Ottilien 02.jpg, Buttisholz, St. Ottilien – Saint Odile's Pilgrimage Chapel : interior, side chapel Buttisholz-St.Ottilien 05.jpg, Buttisholz, St. Ottilien – Saint Odile's Pilgrimage Chapel : interior, side chapel, miraculous image of Saint Odile

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne