Horw is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland, on the outskirts of the city of Lucerne. It is first mentioned in 1231 as Horwe. The municipality sits on the Horwer peninsula and covers the base of Mount Pilatus together with the valley below the mountain, which was swampy until the twentieth century. It has an area of about 12.8 square kilometres, of which a little over forty per cent is forested, and its population has grown steadily from about 11,600 in 1980 to roughly 15,900 in the latest official estimate.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deTable of cities, population
Horw LU 11,629 11,782 12,648 13,444 14,211 15,935
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View the Source 2. Horw (Wikipedia)
Geography
Horw has an area of 12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi).
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead, municipality in Switzerland
in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 47.0167,8.3167
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 47.0167,8.3167, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 47.0167,8.3167, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 530.0
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/ZurichQuote, Zone Europe/Zurich
1:00 Swiss CE%sT 1981
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