Willisau District

Willisau District
Wahlkreis Willisau
District
Location of Willisau District
Country Switzerland
Canton Luzern
CapitalWillisau
Area
 • Total
336.99 km2 (130.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
55,079
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities21

Willisau District is one of the five districts (German: Ämter) of the German-speaking Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Willisau. It has a population of 55,079 (as of 31 December 2020). In 2013 its name was changed from Amt Willisau to Wahlkreis Willisau as part of a reorganization of the canton. A sixth Wahlkreis was created, but in Willisau everything else remained essentially unchanged.

Willisau District consists of the following municipalities:

Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[1] 		Area, km2
Alberswil 665 3.6
Altbüron 1,017 6.8
Altishofen 1,959 5.7
Dagmersellen 5,680 23.9
Egolzwil 1,530 4.2
Ettiswil 2,792 12.5
Fischbach 702 8.1
Grossdietwil 855 10.2
Hergiswil bei Willisau 1,908 31.3
Luthern 1,245 37.9
Menznau 2,966 30.4
Nebikon 2,713 3.7
Pfaffnau 2,674 17.6
Reiden 7,255 27.0
Roggliswil 723 6.2
Schötz 4,575 15.27
Ufhusen 927 12.3
Wauwil 2,380 2.9
Wikon 1,495 8.3
Willisau 7,752 47.22
Zell 2,108 13.9
Total 55,079 336.99[2]a
^a 1992/97 survey gives a total area of 337.45 km2 (130.29 sq mi) without including certain large lakes, while the 2000 survey includes lakes but due to other changes is slightly lower.

Mergers

  • On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Ebersecken merged into Altishofen.
  • On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office as of 2000 survey, (in German) accessed 25 August 2009
  3. ^ "Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden". bfs.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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