Buttisholz

Buttisholz is a municipality located in the Sursee district of Lucerne, Switzerland.

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).

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.

It consists of the village of Buttisholz and the hamlets of Luternau, Soppensee and St. Ottilien.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (93.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.9%) and Italian being third ( 1.4%).

In the 2000 census[update] 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.

Aerial view (1958)