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Also known as Gettnau LU

Gettnau is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Gettnau
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Coat of arms of Gettnau.svg
Swiss town.image_photo
2012-03-17-Gettnau (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 075.JPG
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Willisau
Swiss town.postal_code
6142
Swiss town.municipality_code
1130
Swiss town.area
6.06
Swiss town.elevation
548
Swiss town.population
1159
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2019
Swiss town.popofyear
2019
Swiss town.website
www.gettnau.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Alberswil, Ohmstal, Schötz, Willisau, Zell

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Ortsteil
Official name
Gettnau
Official language
German
Population
1170
Area
6.05
Elevation
548
Official website
www.gettnau.ch
Image
2012-03-17-Gettnau (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 075.JPG
Dialing code
041
Licence plate code
LU
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Commons category
Gettnau
postal code
6142
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1130
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Crime
  • References
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Gettnau is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau.

==History== Gettnau is first mentioned in the 9th century as Kepinhouva.

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

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