Lucerne District

For the municipal electoral district in Canada, see Lucerne District (Gatineau).

Lucerne District (German: Luzern) is a former Amt (administrative district) of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. It had a population of 176,710 (as of 2013) and consisted of 17 municipalities, of which the city of Lucerne is the largest and the district capital. On 1 January 2013 the Amt was divided into two Wahlkreis, Lucerne-Stadt and Lucerne-Land.^[1]

Municipalities	Population (31 December 2020)[2]	Area (km2)
Adligenswil	5,471	6.99
Buchrain	6,400	4.80
Dierikon	1,579	2.78
Ebikon	14,066	9.69
Gisikon	1,421	1.08
Greppen	1,185	5.25
Horw	14,211	20.43
Kriens	28,245	27.31
Lucerne	82,620	29.04b
Malters	7,410	28.57
Meggen	7,562	13.93
Meierskappel	1,477	9.23
Root	5,335	9.9
Schwarzenberg	1,738	39.31
Udligenswil	2,371	6.22
Vitznau	1,426	11.76
Weggis	4,440	25.29
District of Lucerne	176,710	259.92[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.

Lucerne District Amt Luzern
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Luzern
Capital	Lucerne
Area
• Total	259.92 km2 (100.36 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	176,710
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	17

Mergers

• On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne.^[4]
• On 1 January 2025 the former municipality of Honau merged into the municipality of Root.