Lucerne District () is a former Amt (administrative district) of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. It had a population of 176,710 (as of 2013) and consisted of 17 municipalities, of which the city of Lucerne is the largest and the district capital. On 1 January 2013 the Amt was divided into two Wahlkreis, Lucerne-Stadt and Lucerne-Land.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 9 February 2013
Municipalities Population () Area (km2) Adligenswil 6.99 Buchrain 4.80 Dierikon 2.78 Ebikon 9.69 Gisikon 1.08 Greppen 5.25 Horw 20.43 Kriens 27.31 Lucerne 29.04 Malters 28.57 Meggen 13.93 Meierskappel 9.23 Root 9.9 Schwarzenberg 39.31 Udligenswil 6.22 Vitznau 11.76 Weggis 25.29 District of Lucerne 259.92LUSTAT-Canton of Lucerne Statistical Office as of 2000 survey, accessed 25 August 2009
1992/97 survey gives a total area of without including certain large lakes, while the 2000 survey includes lakes and gives the higher value. Includes the area of Littau which merged into Luzern on 1 January 2010.
Mergers On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne. On 1 January 2025 the former municipality of Honau merged into the municipality of Root.
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