Willisau District

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Willisau District
Wahlkreis Willisau
District
Location of Willisau District
Country  Switzerland
Canton Luzern
CapitalWillisau
Area
 • Total336.99 km2 (130.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total54,577
 • 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 54,577 (as of 31 December 2019). 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 2019)[1] 		Area, km²
Alberswil 659 3.6
Altbüron 1,012 6.8
Altishofen 1,590 5.7
Dagmersellen 5,608 23.9
Egolzwil 1,514 4.2
Ettiswil 2,730 12.5
Fischbach 700 8.1
Grossdietwil 854 10.2
Hergiswil bei Willisau 1,905 31.3
Luthern 1,238 37.9
Menznau 2,888 30.4
Nebikon 2,695 3.7
Pfaffnau 2,665 17.6
Reiden 7,186 27.0
Roggliswil 698 6.2
Schötz 4,530 15.27
Ufhusen 888 12.3
Wauwil 2,261 2.9
Wikon 1,520 8.3
Willisau 8,970 47.22
Zell 2,097 13.9
Total 54,577 336.99[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 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  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.

Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°59′E / 47.117°N 7.983°E / 47.117; 7.983

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