Lucerne District

Lucerne District
Amt Luzern
Lucerne District Amt Luzern
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Luzern
Capital	Lucerne
Area
• Total	259.92 km2 (100.36 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	176,710
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	18

Last updated December 02, 2024

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	29.04^b
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]

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References

↑ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 9 February 2013
↑ "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.
↑ LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine as of 2000 survey, (in German) accessed 25 August 2009
↑ 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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[Mutation-1] Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 9 February 2013

[Stat2020_LU-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

[fusion-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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