Reiden
Sign in to saveReiden () is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the former municipalities of Langnau bei Reiden and Richenthal were united in the new municipality of Reiden.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Reiden
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Reidermoos.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Wappen Reiden.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Lucerne
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-LU
- Swiss town.district
- Willisau
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6260
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 1140
- Swiss town.area
- 27.12
- Swiss town.elevation
- 457
- Swiss town.website
- www.reiden.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Altishofen, Brittnau (AG), Dagmersellen, Ebersecken, Grossdietwil, Pfaffnau, Reitnau (AG), Wikon, Wiliberg (AG), Winikon
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
3 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- References
Reiden () is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the former municipalities of Langnau bei Reiden and Richenthal were united in the new municipality of Reiden.
==Geography== thumb|Aerial view (1957) Reiden has an area, , of . Of this area, 52.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 36.67% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 49.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 5.19% is covered with buildings, 0.78% is industrial, 0.59% is classed as special developments, 0.37% is parks or greenbelts and 3.26% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.41% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.07% is other unproductive land.