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Lucerne | |
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 Clockwise from top: Kapellbrücke, Löwendenkmal, Old town, City walls, Traditional frescoed building | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lucerne  | |
  Lucerne  Lucerne | |
| Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°18′E / 47.050°N 8.300°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Lucerne |
| District | Lucerne |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Beat Züsli SPS/PSS (as of 2019) |
| • Parliament | Grosser Stadtrat with 48 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.4 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Lake shore) | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Highest elevation (Sonnenberg) | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Rotsee) | 422 m (1,385 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 81,691 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Luzerner(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6000 |
| SFOS number | 1061 |
| Localities | Luzern, Littau |
| Surrounded by | Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch |
| Website | www Profile (in German), SFSO statistics |
Lucerne (German: Luzern, Swiss German: Lozärn, French: Lucerne, Italian: Lucerna, Romansh: Lucerna) is a city in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and seat of the district with the same name. The city has a population of about 60,000. Lucerne is the biggest and most important city in Central Switzerland. The city's metropolitan area consists of 17 municipalities in three cantons. It has an overall population of nearly 200,000 people.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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