Lucerne

Lucerne (; , ; , ; , ; ; Lucerne German: Lozärn) is a ceety in north-central Swisserland, in the German-speakin portion o that kintra. Lucerne is the caipital o the Canton o Lucerne an the caipital o the destrict wi the same name. Wi a population o aboot 76,200 fowk, Annual Population Figures, 2009 (PDF) (German, French) Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved on August 31, 2009. Lucerne is the maist populous ceety in Central Swisserland, an a nexus o transportation, telecommunications, an govrenment o this region. The ceety's metropolitan aurie consists o 17 ceeties an touns locatit in three different cantons wi an oweraw population o aboot 250,000 fowk.List of agglomerations and isolated cities in Switzerland, 2000 (Microsoft Excel) (German) Swiss Federal Statistical Office.  Retrieved on August 30, 2007.

Due tae its location on the shore o Lake Lucerne (der Vierwaldstättersee), athin sicht o Munt Pilatus an Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne haes lang been a destination for tourists. Ane o the ceety's famous laundmerks is the Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a widden brig first erectit in the 14t century. Lucerne haes been votit as the fift maist-popular tourism destination in the warld in 2010 bi Tripadvisorhttp://www.tripadvisor.com/TCDestinations-cTop25-g1, an it haes private hottles an schools maistly shores o Lake Lucerne.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Lucerne is twinned wi the follaein ceeties an touns:
  Bournemouth, Unitit Kinrick (1981)
  Chicago, Unitit States (1999)
  Cieszyn, Poland (1994)
   Guebwiller / Murbach, Fraunce (1978)
  Olomouc, Czech Republic (1994)
  Potsdam, Germany (2002)

References


Category:Ceeties in Swisserland
Category:Cantonal caipitals o Swisserland
Lucerne (caipital)
Category:Municipalities o the canton o Lucerne
Category:Populatit places established in the 1st millennium
Category:Lakeside resorts in Swisserland
Category:Imperial free ceeties