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Menznau
Lucernevillage
Total population
2,850
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Menznau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
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History
Menznau is first mentioned in 1185 as Menzenowa. On February 27, 2013, a gunman opened fire in a Kronospan wood-processing plant, killing four.
Geography
Menznau has an area, , of . Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 34.71% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 56.38% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.79% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.3% is covered with buildings, 0.62% is industrial, 0.33% is classed as special developments, 0.13% is parks or greenbelts and 2.01% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.39% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.23% is other unproductive land. It consists of the village sections of Menznau, Geiss and Menzberg. The municipality's lake, the Tuetenseeli, and its bog are a nature preserve.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Lucerne
- Hergiswil bei Willisau3.9 mi away · pop. 1,809
- Janiszów677.8 mi away · pop. 610
- Annopol677.9 mi away · pop. 2,371
- Opoka Duża678.4 mi away
- Stary Rachów680.1 mi away · pop. 170
- Pocześle680.4 mi away
- Szczecyn681.9 mi away · pop. 514
- Pielgrzymka682.9 mi away · pop. 40
- Wojciechów683.2 mi away
- Gościeradów Ukazowy683.6 mi away · pop. 880
- Zagłoba685.5 mi away
- Szczekarków686.2 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Books about this place
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Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 1136
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,879
- Wikidata
- Q14607
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771