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]
Lieli | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lieli  | |
  Lieli  Lieli | |
| Coordinates: 47°12′N 8°18′E / 47.200°N 8.300°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Lucerne |
| District | Hochdorf |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 649 m (2,129 ft) |
| Population (December 2004) | |
• Total | 207 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6277 |
| SFOS number | 1034 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-LU |
| Website | Profile (in German), SFSO statistics |
History
editLieli 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
edit
The village became part of the municipality of Hohenrain in 2007.
Demographics
editThe historical population is given in the following table:[2]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1678 | 258 |
| 1798 | 211 |
| 1850 | 244 |
| 1900 | 193 |
| 1950 | 199 |
| 1980 | 142 |
References
edit- ^ 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.