Lieli

Lieli is a village in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of Hochdorf merged with Hohenrain on January 1, 2007 to form Hohenrain.^[1]

Lieli
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Lieli
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Coordinates: 47°12′N 8°18′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Lucerne
District	Hochdorf
Area
• Total	3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Elevation	649 m (2,129 ft)
Population  (December 2004)
• Total	207
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6277
SFOS number	1034
ISO 3166 code	CH-LU
Website	Profile (in German), SFSO statistics

History

Lieli is first mentioned around 900 as Lielae. In the local Swiss German dialect it was as Nieli as far back as the 17th Century.^[2]

Geography

Aerial view (1953)

The village became part of the municipality of Hohenrain in 2007.

Demographics

The historical population is given in the following table:^[2]

year	population
1678	258
1798	211
1850	244
1900	193
1950	199
1980	142