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Gunzwil
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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.

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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
Swiss town.website
www.gunzwil.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Beromünster, Eich, Ermensee, Geuensee, Menziken (AG), Neudorf, Rickenbach, Römerswil, Schenkon

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Wikidata facts

Located in
Beromünster
Official language
German
Elevation
665
Official website
www.gunzwil.ch
Dialing code
041
Licence plate code
LU
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Commons category
Gunzwil
postal code
6222
replaced by
Beromünster
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • References
  • External links

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.

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

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