Entlebuch office

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Entlebuch office
Entlebuch office
Basic data
Country: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton lucerneCanton lucerne Lucerne (LU)
Main town : Schüpfheim
Area : 410.18 km²
Residents: 18,749 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 46 inhabitants per km²
map
Map of Amt Entlebuch

The Entlebuch office was one of five offices in the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland . The main town was Schüpfheim . The new Lucerne cantonal constitution of 2007 no longer has any offices; However, they continued to serve as statistical units for the time being. The Entlebuch office was replaced on January 1, 2013 by the Entlebuch constituency .

geography

The Entlebuch office was in the southwest of the canton of Lucerne, south of the Napf . The office was more or less congruent with the headwaters of the rivers Kleine Emme and Ilfis , one of the headwaters of the Emme .

List of municipalities

The Entlebuch office consisted of the following nine municipalities:

coat of arms Name of the parish Population
(December 31, 2012) 		Area
in km²
Doppleschwand Doppleschwand 739 6.94
Entlebuch Entlebuch 3296 56.89
Escholzmatt Escholzmatt 3134 61.41
Flühli Flühli 1902 108.20
Hasle Hasle 1751 40.29
Marbach Marbach 1212 45.08
Romoos Romoos 695 37.32
Schüpfheim Schüpfheim 4053 38.27
Werthenstein Werthenstein 1967 15.78
Total (9) 18,749 410.18

Changes in the community

  • Municipalities until 2012

Biosphere reserve

The Entlebuch region since 2000, the first UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve in Switzerland (after Seville Strategy). Eight of the nine municipalities of the Entlebuch office belong to the Unesco Biosphere Entlebuch: Doppleschwand, Entlebuch, Escholzmatt, Flühli, Hasle, Marbach, Romoos and Schüpfheim.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by institutional breakdown, gender, nationality and age (permanent resident population)

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