Lucerne-Stadt District

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Lucerne-Stadt District

Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt
District
Country Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Canton Flag of Canton of Lucerne.svg  Luzern
Capital Luzern
Area
 • Total29.06 km2 (11.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total82,257
 • Density2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities 1

Lucerne-Stadt District (German : Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt) is one of the two new Wahlkreis formed from the former Lucerne Amt in 2013 in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. It has a population of 82,257 (as of 31 December 2019) and includes only the city of Lucerne. [1]

MunicipalitiesPopulation
(31 December 2019) [2] 		Area (km²)
Lucerne 82,25729.06 b
District of Lucerne-Stadt82,25729.06 [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]

The new Wahlkreis was created on 1 January 2013.

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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 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  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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