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Canton of Lucerne

The canton of Lucerne is a canton of . It is located in the country's central, German-speaking part. The population of the canton is 416,347.
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  • Type: State with 416,000 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Canton Lucerne”, “CH061”, “Kanton Luzern”, “LU”, “Lucerne”, and “Luzern”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sempach-Neuenkirch railway station and Saint Mauritius Catholic Church.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Olten–Lucerne line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Church
Photo: WES1947, CC BY-SA 3.0.

School
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruswil and Sempach.

Village
Photo: WES1947, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in .

Village
Photo: Nienetwiler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in .

Canton of Lucerne

Latitude
47.0908° or 47° 5′ 27″ north
Longitude
8.172° or 8° 10′ 19″ east
Population
416,000
Elevation
703 metres (2,306 feet)
Abbreviation
“LU”
Open location code
8FVC35RC+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 572184965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2659810
Wiki­data ID
Q12121
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Canton of Lucerne” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Afrikaans: “LU”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Lucernë”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Luzern”
  • Arabic: “كانتون لوتسيرن”
  • Arabic: “كانتون لوسرن”
  • Arabic: “كانتون لوسيرن”
  • Arabic: “لوتزرن”
  • Arabic: “لوتسيرن”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Lucerna”
  • Aragonese: “LU”
  • Armenian: “Լյուցեռն”
  • Armenian: “Լյուցերն”
  • Arpitan: “LU”
  • Arpitan: “Lutsèrna”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton de Lutsèrna”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Lucerna”
  • Asturian: “LU”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lütsern kantonu”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Basque: “LU”
  • Basque: “Luzerna kantonamendua”
  • Bavarian: “LU”
  • Belarusian: “Кантон Люцэрн”
  • Belarusian: “Люцэрн”
  • Bengali: “লুসেন ক্যান্টন”
  • Bosnian: “Lucern”
  • Bosnian: “Luzern”
  • Breton: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Breton: “LU”
  • Bulgarian: “Люцерн”
  • Catalan: “cantó de Lucerna”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Lucerna”
  • Catalan: “LU”
  • Catalan: “Lucerna”
  • Catalan: “Lucerne”
  • Catalan: “Luzern”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Chinese: “Luzern Chiu”
  • Chinese: “卢塞恩州”
  • Chinese: “琉森州”
  • Chinese: “盧塞恩州”
  • Chuvash: “Люцерн”
  • Corsican: “LU”
  • Croatian: “LU”
  • Croatian: “Luzern”
  • Czech: “LU”
  • Czech: “Lucern”
  • Danish: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Danish: “LU”
  • Dutch: “LU”
  • Dutch: “Luzern”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lucerno”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Lucerno”
  • Esperanto: “LU”
  • Esperanto: “Lucerno”
  • Estonian: “LU”
  • Estonian: “Luzerni kanton”
  • Finnish: “LU”
  • Finnish: “Luzern”
  • French: “canton de Lucerne”
  • French: “Canton de Lucerne”
  • French: “LU”
  • French: “Lucerne”
  • French: “Luzern”
  • Friulian: “LU”
  • Galician: “Cantón de Lucerna”
  • Galician: “LU”
  • Georgian: “ლუცერნის კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Luzern”
  • German: “LU”
  • German: “Luzern”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι της Λουκέρνης”
  • Gujarati: “કેન્ટન ઓફ લ્યુસેર્ન”
  • Hebrew: “לוצרן”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון לוצרן”
  • Hindi: “लूसर्न कैन्टन”
  • Hindi: “लूसर्न छावनी”
  • Hungarian: “LU”
  • Hungarian: “Luzern kanton”
  • Icelandic: “LU”
  • Ido: “LU”
  • Iloko: “Kanton ti Lucerna”
  • Iloko: “Lucerna”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Indonesian: “LU”
  • Interlingua: “Canton de Lucerna”
  • Interlingua: “LU”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Luzern”
  • Interlingue: “LU”
  • Irish: “cantún Lucerne”
  • Irish: “LU”
  • Italian: “canton Lucerna”
  • Italian: “Canton Lucerna”
  • Italian: “LU”
  • Italian: “Lucerna”
  • Japanese: “ルツェルン州”
  • Kannada: “ಲ್ಯೂಸರ್ನ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Люцерн”
  • Kongo: “LU”
  • Korean: “루체른 주”
  • Korean: “루체른”
  • Korean: “루체른주”
  • Kurdish: “Lucerne (kanton)”
  • Kurdish: “Lucerne”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Luzern”
  • Latin: “Lucerna”
  • Latvian: “Lucernas kantons”
  • Ligurian: “LU”
  • Limburgan: “LU”
  • Limburgan: “Luzern”
  • Lingala: “Kanton ya Luzɛ́rn”
  • Lithuanian: “Liucernos kantonas”
  • Lombard: “Canton Luserna”
  • Lombard: “Canton Lüzerna”
  • Low German: “LU”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Lucerne”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Luxembourgish: “LU”
  • Luxembourgish: “Luzern”
  • Macedonian: “Луцерн”
  • Malagasy: “LU”
  • Malay: “LU”
  • Malay: “Lucerne”
  • Marathi: “लुत्सर्न”
  • Mazanderani: “لوسرن کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Luzern Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “LU”
  • Narom: “LU”
  • Neapolitan: “LU”
  • Northern Frisian: “Luzern”
  • Northern Sami: “Luzern”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “LU”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luzern”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen Luzern”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “LU”
  • Norwegian: “Luzern”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Lucèrna”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “LU”
  • Ossetian: “Люцерн (кантон)”
  • Ossetian: “Люцерн”
  • Persian: “کانتون لوتسرن”
  • Persian: “لوسرن”
  • Picard: “LU”
  • Piemontese: “Canton ëd Luserna”
  • Piemontese: “LU”
  • Polish: “LU”
  • Polish: “Lucerna”
  • Portuguese: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Portuguese: “LU”
  • Portuguese: “Lucerna”
  • Portuguese: “Lucerne”
  • Portuguese: “Luzern”
  • Romanian: “cantonul Lucerna”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Lucerna”
  • Romanian: “LU”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Lucerna”
  • Romansh: “LU”
  • Romansh: “Lucerna”
  • Russian: “Люцерн”
  • Sardinian: “LU”
  • Scots: “Canton o Lucerne”
  • Scots: “LU”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “LU”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Luzern”
  • Serbian: “LU”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Луцерн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Luzern”
  • Sicilian: “Canton Lucerna”
  • Sicilian: “LU”
  • Sinhala: “ලුසර්නේ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “LU”
  • Slovak: “Luzern”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Lucern”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Slovenian: “LU”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوسرن”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Lucerna”
  • Spanish: “LU”
  • Spanish: “Lucerna”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Lucerne”
  • Swahili: “LU”
  • Swedish: “LU”
  • Swedish: “Luzern”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Lozärn”
  • Swiss German: “LU”
  • Tamil: “கேண்டோன் ஆப் லூசெர்ன்”
  • Telugu: “కాంటన్ ఆఫ్ లూసర్న్”
  • Thai: “รัฐลูเซิร์น”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Luzern”
  • Turkish: “canton de Lucerne”
  • Turkish: “LU”
  • Turkish: “Lucerna”
  • Turkish: “Lucerne”
  • Turkish: “Luzern (kanton)”
  • Turkish: “Luzern kantonu”
  • Turkish: “Luzern Kantonu”
  • Turkish: “Luzern”
  • Ukrainian: “Люцерн”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن لوتسیرن”
  • Venetian: “Canton Łuxerna”
  • Venetian: “Canton Luzerna”
  • Venetian: “LU”
  • Vietnamese: “LU”
  • Vietnamese: “Luzern”
  • Vlaams: “LU”
  • Volapük: “LU”
  • Walloon: “LU”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lucerne”
  • Welsh: “LU”
  • Welsh: “Lucerne”
  • Western Panjabi: “لوسرن”
  • Wolof: “LU”
  • Wu Chinese: “卢塞恩州”
  • Yue Chinese: “琉森州”
  • Zulu: “LU”
  • “Lucerne”
  • “Luzern”
  • “ma kipisi Lusen”
  • “ma lili Lusen”

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