Lieli

Lieli
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Lieli
Lieli Show map of Switzerland Lieli Show map of Canton of Lucerne
Coordinates: 47°12′N8°18′E / 47.200°N 8.300°E / 47.200; 8.300
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Hochdorf
Area
• Total	3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Elevation	649 m (2,129 ft)
Population  (December 2004)
• Total	207
• Density	56.1/km2 (145/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code	6277
SFOS number	1034
ISO 3166 code	CH-LU
Website	Profile (in German), SFSO statistics

Lieli is a village in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of Hochdorf merged with Hohenrain on January 1, 2007, to form Hohenrain. ^[1]

History

Lieli is first mentioned around the year 900 as Lielae. In the local Swiss German dialect, it was known as Nieli as far back as the 17th Century. ^[2]

Geography

Aerial view (1953)

The village became part of the municipality of Hohenrain in 2007.

Demographics

The historical population is given in the following table: ^[2]

year	population
1678	258
1798	211
1850	244
1900	193
1950	199
1980	142

References

1. Canton of Lucerne, Office of Municipalities Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 18 August 2009
2. Lieli in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .