Ufhusen

Ufhusen
Coat of arms
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Location of Ufhusen
Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°54′E / 47.117°N 7.900°E / 47.117; 7.900Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°54′E / 47.117°N 7.900°E / 47.117; 7.900
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Willisau
Area
• Total	12.24 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Elevation	717 m (2,352 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	892
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Postal code	6153
SFOS number	1145
Surrounded by	Eriswil (BE), Fischbach, Gondiswil (BE), Huttwil (BE), Luthern, Willisau, Zell
Website	www.ufhusen.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

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

Ufhusen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 12.3 km² (4.7 sq mi). Of this area, 73.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive land. In the 1997 land survey^[update], 20.65% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 71.35% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 1.71% is covered with buildings, 0.08% is industrial, 2.2% is classed as special developments, 0.16% is parks or greenbelts and 1.47% is transportation infrastructure.

Ufhusen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 892. As of 2007^[update], 28 or about 3.3% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (98.6%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Albanian being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 47.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30%), the FDP (16.1%) and the Green Party (2.7%).

The age distribution, as of 2008^[update], in Ufhusen is; 239 people or 28% of the population is 0–19 years old. 221 people or 25.9% are 20–39 years old, and 266 people or 31.2% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 97 people or 11.4% are 65–79 years old, 23 or 2.7% are 80–89 years old and 7 people or 0.8% of the population are 90+ years old.