Lucerne LU
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Christian Democratic Party (3 seats):
Franz Brun, Josef Leu, Ruedi Lustenberger
Swiss People’s Party (3 seats):
Josef Kunz, Otto Laubacher, Felix Müri
Radical Party (2 seats):
Otto Ineichen, Georges Theiler
Social Democratic Party (1 seat):
Hans Widmer
Green Party (1 seat):
Louis Schelbert
Senate:
Helen Leumann-Würsch, Radical Party and Franz Wicki, Christian Democratic Party
Markus Dürr, Anton Schwingruber
Yvonne Schärli-Gerig
Max Pfister
Daniel Bühlmann
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Capital: Lucerne
Area: 1’493 km2
Number of communes (2006): 97
Resident population (2005): 355’800
Foreign population (2005): 15.8%
Per capital income (2004): SFr. 42’592
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.7%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1332
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