Lüscherz

Also known as Lüscherz BE, Luscherz, Luescherz

Lüscherz is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Swiss town.subject_name: Lüscherz
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Lüscherz COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Lüscherz Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Seeland
Swiss town.postal_code: 2576
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0497
Swiss town.area: 5.40
Swiss town.elevation: 442
Swiss town.population: 526
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear: 2011
Swiss town.website: luescherz.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Brüttelen, Finsterhennen, Hagneck, Ins, Siselen, Twann, Vinelz

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Official name: Lüscherz
Population: 560
Area: 5.42
Elevation: 443
Official website: www.luescherz.ch
Image: Luescherz pier.JPG
Dialing code: 032
Licence plate code: BE

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Commons category: Lüscherz
postal code: 2576
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/497
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Lüscherz is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|Pier in Lüscherz. The history of the village since the Neolithic has been tied to the lake thumb|left|Aerial view (1958) Lüscherz is first mentioned in 1271 as Luschiers, however the area has been settled since at least the Neolithic (ca. 3700 to 2700 BC). The municipality was formerly known by its French name Locras, however, that name is no longer used.