Lucerne-Land District

Lucerne-Land District
Wahlkreis Luzern-Land
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Luzern
Area
  Total 230.86 km2 (89.14 sq mi)
Population (2015)
  Total 99,006
  Density 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 17

Lucerne-Land 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 99,006 (as of 31 December 2015) and includes everything but the city of Lucerne from the old Amt.[1]

Municipalities Population
(31 December 2015)[2]
Area (km²)
Adligenswil 5,348 6.99
Buchrain 6,132 4.80
Dierikon 1,438 2.78
Ebikon 13,106 9.69
Gisikon 1,189 1.08
Greppen 1,036 5.25
Honau 380 1.25
Horw 13,788 20.43
Kriens 27,046 27.31
Malters 6,988 28.57
Meggen 6,853 13.93
Meierskappel 1,352 9.23
Root 4,718 8.65
Schwarzenberg 1,704 39.31
Udligenswil 2,278 6.22
Vitznau 1,320 11.76
Weggis 4,330 25.29
District of Lucerne 99,006 259.92[3]

Mergers

The new Wahlkreis was created on 1 January 2013.

References

  1. Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 9 February 2013
  2. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (German) accessed 30 August 2016
  3. LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office as of 2000 survey, (German) accessed 25 August 2009

Coordinates: 47°10′N 8°10′E / 47.167°N 8.167°E / 47.167; 8.167

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