Lucerne
Lucerne | |
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 Kapellbrücke ower the Reuss | |
 Coat airms | |
Location o Lucerne  | |
  Lucerne  Lucerne | |
| Coordinates: 47°3′N 8°18′E / 47.050°N 8.300°ECoordinates: 47°3′N 8°18′E / 47.050°N 8.300°E | |
| Kintra | Swisserland |
| Canton | Lucerne |
| Destrict | Lucerne |
| Govrenment | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Beat Züsli SPS/PSS (as of September 2016) |
| • Pairlament | Grosser Stadtrat with 48 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.4 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Loch shore) | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Highest elevation (Sonnenberg) | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Rotsee) | 422 m (1,385 ft) |
| Population (2018-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 81,691 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | German: Luzerner(in) |
| Postal code | 6000 |
| SFOS nummer | 1061 |
| Localities | Luzern, Littau |
| Surroondit bi | Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch |
| Website | www Profile (in German), SFSO statistics |
Lucerne (pronounced /ˌluːˈsɜrn/ (deprecatit template); German: Luzern, [luˈtsɛrn] (
listen); French: Lucerne, [lysɛʁn]; Italian: Lucerna, [luˈtʃerna]; Romansh: Lucerna; Lucerne German: Lozärn) is a ceety in north-central Swisserland, in the German-speakin portion o that kintra. Lucerne is the caipital o the Canton o Lucerne an the caipital o the destrict wi the same name. Wi a population o aboot 76,200 fowk,[3] Lucerne is the maist populous ceety in Central Swisserland, an a nexus o transportation, telecommunications, an govrenment o this region. The ceety's metropolitan aurie consists o 17 ceeties an touns locatit in three different cantons wi an oweraw population o aboot 250,000 fowk.[4]
Due tae its location on the shore o Lake Lucerne (der Vierwaldstättersee), athin sicht o Munt Pilatus an Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne haes lang been a destination for tourists. Ane o the ceety's famous laundmerks is the Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a widden brig first erectit in the 14t century. Lucerne haes been votit as the fift maist-popular tourism destination in the warld in 2010 bi Tripadvisor[5], an it haes private hottles an schools maistly shores o Lake Lucerne.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Lucerne is twinned wi the follaein ceeties an touns:
Bournemouth, Unitit Kinrick (1981)
Chicago, Unitit States (1999)
Cieszyn, Poland (1994)
Guebwiller / Murbach, Fraunce (1978)
Olomouc, Czech Republic (1994)
Potsdam, Germany (2002)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Retrieved 13 Januar 2019.
- ↑ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px/; date retrieved: 2 Juin 2020.
- ↑ Annual Population Figures, 2009 (PDF) (German, French) Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved on August 31, 2009.
- ↑ List of agglomerations and isolated cities in Switzerland, 2000 (Microsoft Excel) (German) Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
- ↑ http://www.tripadvisor.com/TCDestinations-cTop25-g1[deid airtin]
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