Altishofen

Altishofen
Coat of arms
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Location of Altishofen
Coordinates: 47°12′N 7°58′E / 47.200°N 7.967°E / 47.200; 7.967Coordinates: 47°12′N 7°58′E / 47.200°N 7.967°E / 47.200; 7.967
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Willisau
Area
• Total	5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Elevation	482 m (1,581 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,555
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Postal code	6246
SFOS number	1123
Surrounded by	Dagmersellen, Ebersecken, Nebikon, Reiden
Website	www.altishofen.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Altishofen is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Altishofen is first mentioned around 1184-90 as Alteloshovin. In 1190 it was mentioned as Alteloshoven.

Altishofen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 5.7 km² (2.2 sq mi). Of this area, 51% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers). In the 1997 land survey^[update], 38.72% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 47.05% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.82% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.86% is covered with buildings, 2.43% is industrial, and 2.78% is transportation infrastructure.

The municipality is located in the Wiggertal. It consists of the village of Altishofen and the hamlets of Eichbühl.

Altishofen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,555. As of 2007^[update], 188 or about 14.2% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (90.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 59.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (16.9%), the FDP (13.4%) and the Green Party (5.4%).