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Schötz
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Also known as Schötz LU, Schotz, Schoetz

Schötz is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Ohmstal merged into the municipality of Schötz.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Schötz
Swiss town.image_photo
Schötz Pfarrkirche.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Coat of arms of Schötz.svg
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Willisau
Swiss town.postal_code
6247
Swiss town.municipality_code
1143
Swiss town.area
10.84
Swiss town.elevation
504
Swiss town.website
www.schoetz.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Alberswil, Ebersecken, Egolzwil, Ettiswil, Gettnau, Nebikon, Ohmstal, Wauwil

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Gemeinde Schötz - zum Bleiben schön

schoetz.ch

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Schötz
Official language
German
Population
4434
Area
15.27
Elevation
506
Body of water
Wigger
Shares border with
Zell
Official website
www.schoetz.ch
Image
Blick über Schötz.jpg
Dialing code
041
Licence plate code
LU
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postal code
6247
Commons category
Schötz
replaces
Ohmstal
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1143
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Encyclopedic overview

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Schötz is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Ohmstal merged into the municipality of Schötz.

==Geography== thumb|left|Aerial view (1957) Schötz has an area, , of . Of this area, 69.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 17.87% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 67.55% is used for farming or pastures, while 1.74% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 4.31% is covered with buildings, 1.19% is industrial, 0.55% is classed as special developments, 0.55% is parks or greenbelts and 4.31% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.09% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.37% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 1.47% is other unproductive land.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schötz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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