Lucerne-Stadt District

Lucerne-Stadt District Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Luzern
Capital	Luzern
Area
• Total	29.06 km^2 (11.22 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	81,295
• Density	2,800/km^2 (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 81,295 (as of 31 December 2015) and includes only the city of Lucerne.^[1]

Municipalities	Population (31 December 2015)[2]	Area (km²)
Lucerne	81,295	29.06^b
District of Lucerne-Stadt	81,295	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 Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (German) accessed 30 August 2016
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