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Altishofen

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Also known as Altishofen LU

Altishofen is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Ebersecken merged into Altishofen.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Altishofen
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Altishofen 341.JPG
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Altishofen COA.png
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Willisau
Swiss town.postal_code
6246
Swiss town.municipality_code
1123
Swiss town.area
5.76
Swiss town.elevation
482
Swiss town.website
www.altishofen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Dagmersellen, Ebersecken, Nebikon, Reiden

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Wikidata facts

Official language
Swiss High German
Population
1577
Area
5.76
Elevation
520
Body of water
Wigger
Shares border with
Zell
Official website
www.altishofen.ch
Image
Schloss Altishofen.jpg
Dialing code
062
Licence plate code
LU
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postal code
6246
Commons category
Altishofen
replaces
Ebersecken
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1123
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • References
  • Notes
  • External links

Altishofen is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Ebersecken merged into Altishofen.

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altishofen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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