Lucerne District

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Lucerne District
Amt Luzern
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Luzern
Capital Lucerne
Area
 • Total 259.92 km2 (100.36 sq mi)
Population (2017)
 • Total 176,710
 • Density 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities 18

Lucerne District (German: Luzern) is a former Amt (administrative district) of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. It had a population of 176,710 (as of 2013) and consisted of 18 municipalities, of which the city of Lucerne is the largest and the district capital. On 1 January 2013 the Amt was divided into two Wahlkreis, Lucerne-Stadt and Lucerne-Land.[1]

Municipalities Population
(31 December 2017)[2]		 Area (km²)
Adligenswil5,343 6.99
Buchrain6,116 4.80
Dierikon1,503 2.78
Ebikon13,531 9.69
Gisikon1,331 1.08
Greppen1,075 5.25
Honau391 1.25
Horw13,915 20.43
Kriens26,997 27.31
Lucerne81,401 29.04b
Malters7,231 28.57
Meggen7,138 13.93
Meierskappel1,369 9.23
Root4,995 8.65
Schwarzenberg1,690 39.31
Udligenswil2,279 6.22
Vitznau1,381 11.76
Weggis4,404 25.29
District of Lucerne 176,710 259.92[3]a
^a 1992/97 survey gives a total area of 216.65 km2 (83.65 sq mi) without including certain large lakes, while the 2000 survey includes lakes and gives the higher value.
^b Includes the area of Littau which merged into Luzern on 1 January 2010.

Mergers

On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 9 February 2013
  2. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 17 September 2018
  3. ↑ LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine. as of 2000 survey, (in German) accessed 25 August 2009
  4. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 3161. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.

Coordinates: 47°10′N 8°10′E / 47.167°N 8.167°E / 47.167; 8.167

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