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Schüpfheim

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Also known as Schüpfheim LU, Schupfheim, Schuepfheim

Schüpfheim is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is part of the UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve since 2001.

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Swiss town.subject_name
Schüpfheim
Swiss town.image_photo
Schuepfheim entlebuch 02.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Schuepfheim COA.png
Swiss town.canton
Lucerne
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-LU
Swiss town.district
Entlebuch
Swiss town.postal_code
6170
Swiss town.municipality_code
1008
Swiss town.area
38.37
Swiss town.elevation
719
Swiss town.website
www.schuepfheim.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Entlebuch, Escholzmatt, Flühli, Hasle, Romoos

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Schüpfheim
Population
4219
Area
38.38
Elevation
719
Official website
www.schuepfheim.ch
Image
Schuepfheim entlebuch 02.JPG
Dialing code
041
Licence plate code
LU
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Commons category
Schüpfheim
postal code
6170
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1008
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  • Demographics
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Schüpfheim is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is part of the UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve since 2001.

==Geography== thumb|left|Aerial view (1957) Schüpfheim has an area of . Of this area, 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 32.82% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 59.3% is used for farming or pastures, while 0.68% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.61% is covered with buildings, 0.37% is industrial, 0.26% is classed as special developments, 0.21% is parks or greenbelts and 1.88% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.55% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 1.33% is other unproductive land.

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