Lucerne-Land District

Lucerne-Land District
Wahlkreis Luzern-Land
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Luzern
Area
  Total 230.86 km2 (89.14 sq mi)
Population (2014)
  Total 98,681
  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 98,681 (as of 31 December 2014) and includes everything but the city of Lucerne from the old Amt.[1]

Municipalities Population
(31 December 2014)[2]
Area (km²)
Adligenswil 5,349 6.99
Buchrain 6,161 4.80
Dierikon 1,440 2.78
Ebikon 12,781 9.69
Gisikon 1,134 1.08
Greppen 1,034 5.25
Honau 381 1.25
Horw 13,813 20.43
Kriens 27,229 27.31
Malters 6,923 28.57
Meggen 6,775 13.93
Meierskappel 1,351 9.23
Root 4,736 8.65
Schwarzenberg 1,686 39.31
Udligenswil 2,262 6.22
Vitznau 1,271 11.76
Weggis 4,355 25.29
District of Lucerne 98,681 259.92[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 Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
  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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