Lucerne Office

Lucerne Office
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Main town :	Lucerne
Area :	216.73 km²
Residents:	176,710 (December 31, 2012)
Population density :	815 inhabitants per km²
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The Lucerne Office was one of five offices in the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland . The main town was the city of Lucerne. The new Lucerne cantonal constitution of 2007 no longer has any offices; however, they continue to serve as statistical units (see: new division into Lucerne-City constituency and Lucerne-Land constituency ).

geography

The Lucerne Office consisted of the south-eastern part of the canton around the Lucerne part of Lake Lucerne, including the canton capital, Lucerne .

Municipalities of the Lucerne Office

The Lucerne Office consisted of the following 18 municipalities:
As of December 31, 2012

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2012)	Area in km²
	Adligenswil	5406	6.99
	Buchrain	6049	4.81
	Dierikon	1467	2.78
	Ebikon	12,571	9.68
	Gisikon	1148	1.09
	Greppen	1050	3.32
	Honau	366	1.25
	Horw	13,618	12.86
	Kriens	26,751	27.34
	Lucerne	79,478	37.4
	Malters	6861	28.63
	Meggen	6752	7.28
	Meierskappel	1301	6.79
	Root	4633	8.66
	Schwarzenberg	1676	39.25
	Udligenswil	2196	6.23
	Vitznau	1206	8.92
	Weggis	4181	11.80
	Total (18)	176,710	216.73

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 2010: Fusion of Lucerne and Littau → Lucerne

• 2013: Change of district of all municipalities except Lucerne from the Lucerne office → Lucerne-Land constituency
• 2013: Change of district Lucerne from the Lucerne Office → Lucerne City constituency

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by institutional breakdown, gender, nationality and age (permanent resident population)

Web links

• Waltraud Hörsch: Lucerne (Office). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .