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Ermensee

Total population

892

Elevation462 m
Land area5.69 km²
Coordinates47.23°, 8.24°

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City facts

Elevation
462 m
Area
5.69 km²
Official website
www.ermensee.ch

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Overview

Ermensee is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Ermensee is first mentioned in 1036 as Armense.

Geography

Ermensee is located in the Seetal valley between Lake Hallwil and Lake Baldegg. It is on the road between Lenzburg and Emmenbrücke. The municipality has an area of . Of this area, 58.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 35.26% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 53.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.44% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.46% is covered with buildings, 0.53% is industrial, 0.35% is classed as special developments, 0.35% is parks or greenbelts and 1.75% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, it is all unproductive flowing water (rivers).

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Geography

Latitude
47.2282
Longitude
8.2409
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.4
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,240

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
31
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
1025
Population (Wikidata)
990
Wikidata
Q7115

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771