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.
History
thumb|left|[[Schloss Heidegg above Gelfingen]]
Gelfingen is first mentioned in 1045 as Gelvingun. A less ambitious merger was then proposed and accepted, with the municipalities of Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joining Hitzkirch.
Demographics
Gelfingen has a population () 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 () 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%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 35.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.3%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gelfingen about 77.8% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Gelfingen has an unemployment rate of 1.21%. , there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 65 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! year
! population
|-
| 1678
| 381
|-
| 1798
| 307
|-
| 1850
| 497
|-
| 1900
| 443
|-
| 1950
| 469
|-
| 2000
| 709
|-
|}