Lucerne District
Amt Luzern
District
Location of Lucerne District
Country Switzerland
Canton Luzern
CapitalLucerne
Area
 • Total259.92 km2 (100.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total176,710
 • Density680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities18

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 2020)[2] 		Area (km²)
Adligenswil 5,471 6.99
Buchrain 6,400 4.80
Dierikon 1,579 2.78
Ebikon 14,066 9.69
Gisikon 1,421 1.08
Greppen 1,185 5.25
Honau 414 1.25
Horw 14,211 20.43
Kriens 28,245 27.31
Lucerne 82,620 29.04b
Malters 7,410 28.57
Meggen 7,562 13.93
Meierskappel 1,477 9.23
Root 5,335 8.65
Schwarzenberg 1,738 39.31
Udligenswil 2,371 6.22
Vitznau 1,426 11.76
Weggis 4,440 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. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  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.

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