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Gelfingen

Gelfingen
Former municipality of Switzerland
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Coat of arms of Gelfingen
Coat of arms
Gelfingen is located in Switzerland
Gelfingen
Gelfingen
Gelfingen is located in Canton of Lucerne
Gelfingen
Gelfingen
Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°16′E / 47.217°N 8.267°E / 47.217; 8.267Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°16′E / 47.217°N 8.267°E / 47.217; 8.267
Country Switzerland
Canton Lucerne
District Hochdorf
Area
 • Total 3.86 km2 (1.49 sq mi)
Elevation 472 m (1,549 ft)
Population
 • Total 764
 • Density 200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Postal code 6284
SFOS number 1027
Surrounded by Hitzkirch, Hohenrain, Lieli, Retschwil, Römerswil, Sulz
Website www.gelfingen.ch
Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Gelfingen is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of Hitzkirch.

Gelfingen is first mentioned in 1045 as Gelvingun.

Gelfingen has an area of 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 64.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located below Schloss Heidegg on Lake Baldegg. On 21 May 2006 an attempt to merge the Hitzkirch and the surrounding 10 municipalities failed, when five of the eleven voted against the merger. A less ambitious merger was then proposed and accepted, with the municipalities of Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joining Hitzkirch.

Gelfingen has a population (as of 2007) of 764, of which 5.4% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 20.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (94.1%), with English being second most common ( 1.4%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 35.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23.3%), the FDP (22.7%) and the Green Party (10.1%).


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