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Luzern
Lucerne · Switzerland
City population
81,691
#7
in Switzerland
#1
in Lucerne
#7,078
worldwide
47.050, 8.306 · 66 km from Bern
About Luzern
Luzern is a city in Lucerne, Switzerland with a population of 81,691. It is the 7th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 7,078th largest worldwide. It lies 66 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Lucerne
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
437 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.050, 8.306
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.