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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,100 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Willisau LU” and “Willisau Stadt”
- Postal code: 6130
Places of Interest
Highlights include Willisau railway station and St. Peter and Paul catholic church with rectory.
Willisau railway station
Railway station
Willisau railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Willisau, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Huttwil–Wolhusen line of BLS AG.
Heiligblut pilgrimage chapel
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heiligblut pilgrimage chapel is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gettnau and Alberswil.
Gettnau
Locality
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gettnau is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau. Gettnau is situated 3 km northwest of Willisau.
Alberswil
Village
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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
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Ettiswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the municipality of Kottwil, lying several kilometres to the northeast, was incorporated into Ettiswil. Ettiswil is situated 3½ km northeast of Willisau.
Willisau
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Willisau, Willisau District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.12152° or 47° 7′ 18″ northLongitude
7.99659° or 7° 59′ 48″ eastPopulation
7,100Elevation
558 metres (1,831 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH WSUOpen location code
8FV94XCW+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 240029461OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Willisau” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “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: “Willisou”
- Tosk Albanian: “Willisau”
- Turkish: “Willisau”
- Ukrainian: “Віллізау”
- Upper Sorbian: “Willisau”
- Uzbek: “Willisau”
- Venetian: “Willisau”
- Volapük: “Willisau”
- Waray (Philippines): “Willisau”
- Welsh: “Willisau”
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