Willisau
Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the Lucerne canton of Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2006 from the municipalities of Willisau Land and Willisau Stadt. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau.
- Village with about 7,780 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 560 metres (1,830 feet)
- Description: municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Postal code: 6130
- Also known as“Willisau LU”“Willisau Stadt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Willisau railway station and Heiligblut pilgrimage chapel.
Willisau railway station
Railway station
Willisau railway station is a railway station in the…
Wyher Castle
Castle
Wyher Castle is a moated castle, which lies south… Wyher Castle is situated 3 km northeast of Willisau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gettnau and Alberswil.
Alberswil
Village
Alberswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Alberswil is situated 3½ km north of Willisau.
Ettiswil
Village
Ettiswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Ettiswil is situated 3½ km northeast of Willisau.
Willisau
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Latitude
47.12152° or 47° 7′ 18″ north
Longitude
7.99659° or 7° 59′ 48″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH WSU
Open location code
8FV94XCW+JJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Willisau” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Willisau”
- Aragonese: “Willisau”
- Armenian: “Վիլլիզաու”
- Basque: “Willisau”
- Breton: “Willisau”
- Catalan: “Willisau”
- Cebuano: “Willisau (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Willisau”
- Chinese: “維利紹”
- Chinese: “维利绍”
- Chuvash: “Виллизау”
- Danish: “Willisau”
- Dutch: “Willisau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويليساو”
- Esperanto: “Willisau”
- Faroese: “Willisau”
- French: “Willisau”
- German: “Willisau”
- Hebrew: “ויליזאו”
- Hungarian: “Willisau”
- Irish: “Willisau”
- Italian: “Willisau”
- Kalaallisut: “Willisau”
- Kazakh: “Виллизау”
- Korean: “빌리자우”
- Kurdish: “Willisau”
- Lombard: “Willisau”
- Malay: “Willisau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Willisau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Willisau”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Willisau”
- Persian: “ویل لیزو”
- Polish: “Willisau”
- Portuguese: “Willisau”
- Russian: “Виллизау”
- Spanish: “Willisau”
- Swedish: “Willisau”
- Swiss German: “Willisau”
- Swiss German: “Willisou”
- Turkish: “Willisau”
- Ukrainian: “Віллізау”
- Upper Sorbian: “Willisau”
- Uzbek: “Willisau”
- Venetian: “Willisau”
- Volapük: “Willisau”
- Waray (Philippines): “Willisau”
- Welsh: “Willisau”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Poststelle Willisau and Regionalbibliothek Willisau.
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