Lucerne District

Lucerne District Amt Luzern
—  District  —
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Luzern
Capital	Luzern
Area
– Total	259.92 km2 (100.4 sq mi)
Population (2009)
– Total	170,960
– Density	657.7/km2 (1,703.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	18

Lucerne District (German: Luzern) is an Amt (administrative district) of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. It has a population of 170,960 (as of 31 December 2009) and consists of 18 municipalities, of which the city of Lucerne is the largest and the district capital:

Municipalities	Population (31 December 2009)[1]	Area (km²)
Adligenswil	5,475	6.99
Buchrain	5,711	4.80
Dierikon	1,443	2.78
Ebikon	11,855	9.69
Gisikon	1,056	1.08
Greppen	966	5.25
Honau	345	1.25
Horw	13,187	20.43
Kriens	26,211	27.31
Lucerne	59,509	29.04b
Malters	6,586	28.57
Meggen	6,515	13.93
Meierskappel	1,238	9.23
Root	4,366	8.65
Schwarzenberg	1,634	39.31
Udligenswil	2,168	6.22
Vitznau	1,268	11.76
Weggis	4,203	25.29
District of Lucerne	170,960	259.92[2]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.^[3]

References

1. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden (German) accessed 25 August 2010
2. ^ LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office as of 2000 survey, (German) accessed 25 August 2009
3. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 3161. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 

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