Lucerne District

For the municipal electoral district in Canada, see Lucerne District (Gatineau).

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	29.04b
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.

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

Mergers

On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne.^[4]

References

1. Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 9 February 2013
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
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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