Lucerne-Stadt District

Lucerne-Stadt District
Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Luzern
Capital Luzern
Area
 • Total 29.06 km2 (11.22 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 81,057
 • Density 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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 81,057 (as of 31 December 2014) and includes only the city of Lucerne.[1]

Municipalities Population
(31 December 2014)[2]		 Area (km²)
Lucerne 81,057 29.06b
District of Lucerne-Stadt 81,057 29.06[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.

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
  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. Retrieved 6 March 2010.

Coordinates: 47°2′N 8°18′E / 47.033°N 8.300°E / 47.033; 8.300

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