Sursee Office

Sursee Office
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Lucerne (LU)
Main town :	Sursee
Area :	287.39 km²
Residents:	72,373 (December 31, 2012)
Population density :	252 inhabitants per km²
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The Sursee Office is one of five offices in the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland . The main town is Sursee . The new Lucerne cantonal constitution of 2007 no longer has any offices; however, they continue to serve as statistical units (see Sursee constituency ).

geography

The Sursee office includes the communities around Lake Sempach and the upper Suhr Valley.

Municipalities in the Sursee office

The Sursee office consists of the following 22 municipalities:
As of January 1, 2013

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Residents (December 31, 2012 with territorial status as of January 1, 2013)	Area in km²
	Beromünster	4800	29.35
	Office	2211	5.41
	Buttisholz	3257	16.75
	Calibration	1690	5.94
	Geuensee	2592	6.46
	Big cheeks	3074	19.71
	Hildisrieden	1969	7.05
	Knutwil	2077	9.72
	Mauensee	1161	7.18
	Neudorf	1233	12.82
	Neuenkirch	6185	25.49
	Nottwil	3443	10.32
	Oberkirch	3808	9.10
	Pfeffikon	725	2.48
	Rickenbach	2336	9.40
	Ruswil	6636	45.20
	Schenkon	2678	6.70
	Schlierbach	755	7.17
	Sempach	4105	8.90
	Sursee	9079	5.86
	Triengen	4416	22.08
	Total (21)	68'230	273.09

Changes in the community

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  Parishes until 1856

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  Municipalities until 1933

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  Municipalities until 2003

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  Municipalities until 2004

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  Municipalities until 2008

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  Municipalities until 2012

• 1857: Change of name from Wolhusen-Wiggern → Wolhusen
• 1934: Name change from Münster (LU) → Beromünster
• 2004: Merger of Beromünster and Schwarzenbach → Beromünster
• 2005: Fusion of Kulmerau , Triengen and Wilihof → Triengen
• 2009: Merger of Triengen and Winikon → Triengen
• 2009: Merger of Beromünster and Gunzwil → Beromünster
• 2013: District change of all municipalities except Wolhusen from the Sursee office → Sursee constituency
• 2013: Change of district Wolhusen from Sursee → constituency Entlebuch

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Amt Sursee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stefan Röllin: Sursee Office. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .