Gunzwil
Sign in to saveGunzwil was a municipality within the district of Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the municipality of Beromünster, becoming a village inside the new municipality of Beromünster.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gunzwil
- Region
- Luzern
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
- Population
- 1,925
- Timezone
- Europe/Zurich
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Key facts
- Swiss town.population
- 1875
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Gunzwil
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Coat of arms of Gunzwil.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Lucerne
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-LU
- Swiss town.district
- Sursee
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6222
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 1087
- Swiss town.area
- 23.17
- Swiss town.elevation
- 665
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2007
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2007
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Lucerne
- Official language
- German
- Elevation
- +665
- Official website
- www.gunzwil.ch
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- P1366
- Beromünster
- P8168
- Niccolò Capocci
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Article
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Gunzwil was a municipality within the district of Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the municipality of Beromünster, becoming a village inside the new municipality of Beromünster.
==History== Gunzwil was first mentioned in 1036 as Gunczwilare, though the only existing document that mentions this is a 14th Century copy. In 1173 it was mentioned as in Gunzewile.