Lucerne (che)

Lucerne

Lucerne ranks 1,084th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Neuwied, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and Lodi, Lombardy. The most famous people from Lucerne are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Peter Bichsel, and Johann Baptist Cysat. The most famous people who died in Lucerne are Auguste Beernaert, Carl Spitteler, and Joseph Szigeti. Lucerne has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Lucerne is located in Switzerland.

Lucerne or Luzern is a city and a municipality in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name. With a population of approximately 82,000 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and a nexus of economics, transport, culture, and media in the region. The city's urban area consists of 19 municipalities and towns with an overall population of about 220,000 people. Read more on Wikipedia