Lieli

Former municipality in Lucerne, Switzerland

Coat of arms

Location of Lieli

47°12′N 8°18′E / 47.200°N 8.300°E / 47.200; 8.300CountrySwitzerlandCantonLucerneDistrictHochdorfArea

• Total3.69 km² (1.42 sq mi)Elevation

649 m (2,129 ft)Population

(December 2004)

• Total207 • Density56/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)Postal code(s)

6277

SFOS number1034ISO 3166 codeCH-LUWebsite
Profile (in German), SFSO statistics

Lieli is a village in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of Hochdorf merged with Hohenrain on January 1, 2007 to form Hohenrain.^[1]

History

Lieli is first mentioned around 900 as Lielae. In the local Swiss German dialect it was as Nieli as far back as the 17th Century.^[2]

Geography

The village became part of the municipality of Hohenrain in 2007.

Demographics

The historical population is given in the following table:^[2]

year	population
1678	258
1798	211
1850	244
1900	193
1950	199
1980	142

References

^ Canton of Lucerne, Office of Municipalities Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 18 August 2009
^ ^a ^b Lieli in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.