Swiss Towns / Episode 57

Knutwil

12 October 2026 · Lucerne

What happened in this episode?

In episode 57, Knutwil was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 2'054 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 2'053 municipalities remained in the race.

Municipality profile

Knutwil lies in the canton of Lucerne. It has 2'499 permanent residents and covers 9.74 km², which corresponds to around 257 residents per km².

Its finds span thousands of years.

Finds point to Neolithic pile dwellings, Hallstatt-period burial mounds and coins left during the Roman era.

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