Lucerne District

Lucerne District
Amt Luzern
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Luzern
Capital Luzern
Area
 • Total 259.92 km2 (100.4 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 172,929
 • Density 665.3/km2 (1,723.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 18

Lucerne District (German: Luzern) is an Amt (administrative district) of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. It has a population of 172,929 (as of 31 December 2010) and consists of 18 municipalities, of which the city of Lucerne is the largest and the district capital:

Municipalities Population
(31 December 2010)[1]		 Area (km²)
Adligenswil 5,491 6.99
Buchrain 5,826 4.80
Dierikon 1,446 2.78
Ebikon 12,116 9.69
Gisikon 1,085 1.08
Greppen 969 5.25
Honau 374 1.25
Horw 13,444 20.43
Kriens 26,324 27.31
Lucerne 77,491 29.04b
Malters 6,662 28.57
Meggen 6,615 13.93
Meierskappel 1,241 9.23
Root 4,552 8.65
Schwarzenberg 1,628 39.31
Udligenswil 2,191 6.22
Vitznau 1,248 11.76
Weggis 4,226 25.29
District of Lucerne 172,929 259.92[2]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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 10 December 2011
  2. ^ LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office as of 2000 survey, (German) accessed 25 August 2009
  3. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 3161. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
Districts of the Canton of Lucerne