Lucerne: Facts & Figures
A canton's life can also be expressed in figures, percentages, kilograms, population statistics and many other units of measurement. These serve to quantify the Canton's development at a variety of levels. The Canton of Lucerne covers an area of 1,493.5 square kilometers, of which only 8.4% is developed. A little over half of its land (54.7%) is farmed, 30.1% consists of woodland and forest, while 6.8% is classified as "unproductive" by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
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Did you know…?
- One in ten jobs in the city of Lucerne is in the ICT field.
- As of 1 January 2012, the Canton of Lucerne offers the lowest corporate tax rates in all of Switzerland.
- Activities and sponsored initiatives by Lucerne City Council have saved 4,900 tons of CO2 and 21,000,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and fossil fuels since 1999.
- After German, the most widely used language in the Canton of Lucerne is Serbo-Croat, spoken by 2.1% of the population.
The figures keep coming
- The City of Lucerne is investing CHF 8 million in its "Plan Lumière," an ecological street lighting project running from 2009 to 2012.
- 90 music groups from Lucerne City and the municipalities of Greater Lucerne have come together under the umbrella "United Guugemusig Lucerne" to form the biggest carnival band in Central Switzerland.
