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Wikon

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Total population

1,477

Coordinates47.26°, 7.97°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Wikon is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

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History & geography

Geography

Wikon has an area, , of . Of this area, 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive rivers. , 51.57% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 37.44% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.05% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.95% is covered with buildings, 1.33% is industrial, and 2.54% is transportation infrastructure.

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Geography

Latitude
47.2628
Longitude
7.9676
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Lucerne

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.43
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,254

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
54
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

woodland germander
woodland germander
Teucrium scorodonia
Seen 2026-09-23
Pale Tussock Moth
Pale Tussock Moth
Calliteara pudibunda
Seen 2026-09-23
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Halyomorpha halys
Seen 2026-09-21
Many-seeded Goosefoot
Many-seeded Goosefoot
Lipandra polysperma
Seen 2026-09-19
Strawberry clover
Strawberry clover
Trifolium fragiferum
Seen 2026-09-19
purple amaranth
purple amaranth
Amaranthus blitum
Seen 2026-09-19
House Jumping Spider
House Jumping Spider
Pseudeuophrys lanigera
Seen 2026-09-18
Bitter Beech Bolete
Bitter Beech Bolete
Caloboletus calopus
Seen 2026-09-18
Dotted Stem Bolete
Dotted Stem Bolete
Neoboletus erythropus
Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
1147
Population (Wikidata)
1,528
Wikidata
Q14625

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • 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