Official Name: | Lucerne District |
Native Name: | Amt Luzern |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Area Total Km2: | 259.92 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Blank Info Sec1: | 18 |
Lucerne District (de|'''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 | Area (km2) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
align=right | align=right | 6.99 | ||
align=right | align=right | 4.80 | ||
align=right | align=right | 2.78 | ||
align=right | align=right | 9.69 | ||
align=right | align=right | 1.08 | ||
align=right | align=right | 5.25 | ||
align=right | align=right | 1.25 | ||
align=right | align=right | 20.43 | ||
align=right | align=right | 27.31 | ||
align=right | align=right | 29.04 | ||
align=right | align=right | 28.57 | ||
align=right | align=right | 13.93 | ||
align=right | align=right | 9.23 | ||
align=right | align=right | 8.65 | ||
align=right | align=right | 39.31 | ||
align=right | align=right | 6.22 | ||
align=right | align=right | 11.76 | ||
align=right | align=right | 25.29 | ||
District of Lucerne | 259.92[2] |
1992/97 survey gives a total area of 216.65km2 without including certain large lakes, while the 2000 survey includes lakes and gives the higher value.
Includes the area of Littau which merged into Luzern on 1 January 2010.
On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne.[3]