Schüpfheim

Schüpfheim is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the agricultural land, 59.3% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.68% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 2.61% is covered with buildings, 0.37% is industrial, 0.26% is classed as special developments, 0.21% is parks or greenbelts and 1.88% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (96.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).

The age distribution in Schüpfheim is; 1,011 people or 26.7% of the population is 0–19 years old.

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Schüpfheim was; 3,399 (87.2%) were Roman Catholic, and 203 (5.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 61 (1.57%) that were of some other Christian faith.

Aerial view (1957)