Horw
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Horw | |
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Coordinates: 47°1′N 8°19′E / 47.017°N 8.317°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Lucerne |
District | Lucerne-Land |
Government | |
• Executive | Gemeinderat with 5 members |
• Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Markus Hool FDP/PRD |
• Parliament | Einwohnerrat with 30 members |
Area | |
• Total | 20.43 km2 (7.89 sq mi) |
Elevation | 441 m (1,447 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 14,107 |
• Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 6048 |
SFOS number | 1058 |
Localities | St. Niklausen, Kastanienbaum |
Surrounded by | Hergiswil (NW), Kriens, Lucerne (Luzern), Meggen, Stansstad (NW) |
Twin towns | Bratsch (Switzerland) |
Website | www Profile (in German), SFSO statistics |
Horw (Swiss German: Horb) is a municipality in Lucerne-Land in the Swiss canton of Lucerne.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Horw at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Horw (in German)