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Emmen

municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q4225
Emmen
Gürkan Sengün · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland[7]
Country
Switzerland[3]
Official website
www.emmen.ch[19]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.077°, 8.300°
Area
+20.37
Elevation above sea level
+429
Head of government
Ramona Gut-Rogger[6]
Licence plate code
LU[17]
List of monuments
list of cultural properties in Emmen
Local dialing code
041[18]
Located in or next to body of water
Kleine Emme, Reuss[4][5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hochdorf Constituency[2]
Official language
German[8]
Official name
Emmen
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
33k (1.8k–33k, n=50)[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
Postal code
6032[16]
Shares border with
Lucerne, Buchrain, Ebikon, Eschenbach, Neuenkirch, Rothenburg, Littau[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Emmen en Emmen, Switzerland ar إمين fa آمن، سوئیس ja エメン ko 에멘 ro Emmen LU ru Эммен tr Emmen, İsviçre uk Еммен zh 埃門 zh-hans 埃门
🔖 Identifiers · 27
VIAF cluster ID
139659086
Library of Congress authority ID
n88080806
GND ID
4014584-0
ArchINFORM location ID
4114
Dewey Decimal Classification
T2--49455
External data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch
FAST ID
1249264
Facebook location ID
109673992392198
FactGrid item ID
Anholt Castle
Freebase ID
/m/04cspk
GADM ID
CHE.12.2.5_1
GeoNames ID
7285725
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 7285725 GND (DNB) 2660911 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
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HDS ID
000595
Museum-digital place ID
82267
MusicBrainz area ID
080fa7ef-ecf4-48d6-988c-6b8ff2fc2f8e
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001019380
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007564812105171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3897791
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1682829
SPAP ID
p/44947906-09b1-452f-8161-e5b2ee2865ff
Swiss Enterprise Identification Number
CHE-115.062.401
Swiss municipality code
1024
Topic's main category
Category:Emmen, Switzerland
UN/LOCODE
CHEMM
Who's on First ID
1126016961, 404328263
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjHbPrtKQJ4mWFQVTd6Myd
Yale LUX ID
place/bca4288b-a0ad-4eae-8597-cb55964d42f5

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 7
Lucerne, Ebikon, Rothenburg, Buchrain, Eschenbach, Neuenkirch, Littau
← Shares border with 7
Lucerne, Ebikon, Rothenburg, Buchrain, Eschenbach, Neuenkirch, Littau
People born here 6
Kurt Koch, Xaver Kurmann, Bruno Galliker, André Muff, Raphael Koch, Prisca Birrer-Heimo
Contained subdivisions 4
Emmenbrücke railway station, Emmenbrücke Kapf railway station, Emmenbrücke Gersag railway station, Waldibrücke railway station
Located in or next to body of water 2
Reuss, Kleine Emme
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
← Headquarters location 2
FC Emmenbrücke, Swiss Steel Group
← Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 2
Pius Segmüller, Prisca Birrer-Heimo
Country 1
Switzerland
FactGrid item ID 1
Anholt Castle
Instance of 1
municipality of Switzerland
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Hochdorf Constituency
Named after 1
Emmen Air Base
Official language 1
German
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Topic's main category 1
Category:Emmen, Switzerland
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Emmen, Switzerland
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Hochdorf Constituency
← Place served by transport hub 1
Emmen Air Base
← SNARC ID 1
Dobra
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Summary

Emmen is a Municipality of Switzerland[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Emmen include Emmen Air Base[34], an air base[35], in Switzerland[36], founded in 1939[37].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Emmen include Emmen Air Base[34], an air base[35], in Switzerland[36], founded in 1939[37].

Related Entities

Dobra Kurt Koch Reuss Switzerland WikiProject Govdirectory

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [28] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . lustat.ch. Retrieved . lustat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+28701'}, {'amount': '+28926'}, {'amount': '+29292'} +47
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa',
    Sitelink count → 47
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  2. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  3. 23w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments → list of cultural properties in Emmen
    Country → Switzerland
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.37'}
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Emmen, Switzerland
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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