Buttisholz
Buttisholz is a municipality located in the Sursee district of Lucerne, Switzerland. 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 hamlets 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 SPS (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. 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 "Fachhochschule"). 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 secondary sector and there are 34 businesses in this sector . 406 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 63 businesses in this sector. 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 historical population is given in the following table: