Lucerne
Lucerne is a beautiful small city which sits on the shores of Lake Lucerne in the heartland of Switzerland. Lucerne is a popular destination for the city itself and the accessible outings around the lake and local Alps that it offers.Places of Interest
Highlights: Kapellbrücke and Thermoplan Arena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kriens and Emmen.
Kriens
Town
Photo: Tilman-AB, Public domain.Emmen
Town
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, Public domain.Lucerne
- Type: Locality with 82,300 residents
- Also known as: “Luzern”
- Location: Lucerne District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.0471° or 47° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
8.3252° or 8° 19′ 31″ east
Population
82,300
Elevation
431 metres (1,414 feet)
Open location code
8FVC28WG+V3
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lucerne” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lucerni”
- Arabic: “لوسرن”
- Basque: “Luzerna”
- Belarusian: “Горад Люцэрн”
- Bosnian: “Lucern”
- Bulgarian: “Люцерн”
- Catalan: “Lucerna”
- Chinese: “卢塞恩”
- Czech: “Lucern”
- Esperanto: “Lucerno”
- French: “Lucerne”
- Galician: “Lucerna”
- Georgian: “ლუცერნი”
- Greek: “Λουκέρνη”
- Hebrew: “לוצרן”
- Italian: “Lucerna”
- Japanese: “ルツェルン”
- Kazakh: “Люцерн”
- Korean: “루체른”
- Latin: “Lucerna”
- Latvian: “Lucerna”
- Lithuanian: “Liucerna”
- Lombard: “Lüzerna”
- Ossetian: “Люцерн”
- Persian: “لوسرن”
- Piemontese: “Lucerna”
- Polish: “Lucerna”
- Portuguese: “Lucerna”
- Romanian: “Lucerna”
- Romansh: “Lucerna”
- Russian: “Люцерн”
- Scots: “Lucerne”
- Serbian: “Луцерн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lucerne”
- Sicilian: “Lucerna”
- Spanish: “Lucerna”
- Tibetan: “ལུ་ཛེར་ན།”
- Ukrainian: “Люцерн”
- Venetian: “Łuxerna”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lucerne”
- Welsh: “Lucerne”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tribschen and Langensand - Matthof.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Radisson Blu Hotel, Lucerne and Mandarin Oriental Palace, Luzern.
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