Sursee District

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Sursee District
Wahlkreis Sursee
District
Location of Sursee District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Luzern
Capital Sursee
Area
 • Total 287.74 km2 (111.10 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 70,296
 • Density 240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 19

Sursee District is one of the five Ämtern, or districts, of the German-speaking Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Sursee. It has a population of 70,296 (as of 31 December 2014). In 2013 the name was changed from Amt Sursee to Wahlkreis Sursee as part of a reorganization of the Canton. A sixth Wahlkreis was created, but in Sursee everything else remained essentially unchanged.

Sursee District consists of the following municipalities:

Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area, km²
Beromünster 6,234 42.17
Büron 2,287 5.37
Buttisholz 3,272 16.71
Eich 1,707 9.22
Geuensee 2,750 6.47
Grosswangen 3,104 19.70
Hildisrieden 2,055 7.04
Knutwil 2,126 9.74
Mauensee 1,271 45.10
Neuenkirch 6,484 26.25
Nottwil 3,476 14.83
Oberkirch 4,062 9.10
Rickenbach 3,110 11.86
Ruswil 6,812 45.3
Schenkon 2,731 6.8
Schlierbach 792 7.2
Sempach 4,171 8.95
Sursee 9,390 5.9
Triengen 4,462 22.08
Total 72,373 287.74[2]a
^a 1992/97 survey gives a total area of 287.50 km2 (111.00 sq mi) without including certain large lakes, while the 2000 survey includes lakes and gives the higher value.

Mergers and name changes

  • On 1 January 2004 the former municipality of Schwarzenbach merged into the municipality of Beromünster.[3]
  • On 1 January 2009 the former municipality of Gunzwil merged into the municipality of Beromünster.
  • On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Neudorf merged into the municipality of Beromünster and the former municipality of Pfeffikon merged into the municipality of Rickenbach. The municipality of Wolhusen moved from the Sursee District to the Entlebuch District.[3]

References

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  1. Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
  2. LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office as of 2000 survey, (German) accessed 25 August 2009
  3. 3.0 3.1 Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 9 February 2013