Büron

History

Büron is first mentioned in 1130 as Burron.

Geography

Büron has an area of . Of this area, 67% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 16.51% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 61.04% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.94% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 7.79% is covered with buildings, 2.23% is industrial, 0.56% is classed as special developments, 0.56% is parks or greenbelts and 4.45% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.74% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.19% is other unproductive land. The municipality is located on the eastern foot of the Sursee valley.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,345
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,106
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  4,183
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,058
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,051
• White-legged Damselfly, Blue featherleg

  Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771) · Insecta
  2,396
• Banded Demoiselle

  Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780) · Insecta
  2,345
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,263

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France