Hildisrieden

Hildisrieden is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Of the agricultural land, 71.82% is used for farming or pastures, while 6.15% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 5.87% is covered with buildings, 0.14% is industrial, 0.43% is parks or greenbelts and 3.72% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Italian being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 42% of the vote.

The age distribution in Hildisrieden is; 426 people or 23.5% of the population is 0–19 years old.

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Hildisrieden was; 1,320 (78.8%) were Roman Catholic, and 182 (10.9%) were Protestant, with an additional 13 (0.78%) that were of some other Christian faith.

Aerial view (1953)