Root

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Root

Total population

4,716

Coordinates47.12°, 8.39°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Root is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2025 the former municipality of Honau merged into Root.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Prisca Birrer-Heimo

Swiss politician

Karin Thürig

Swiss cyclist (born 1972)

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André Muff

Swiss footballer

Xaver Kurmann

racing cyclist

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Raphael Koch

Swiss footballer

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Bruno Galliker

Swiss hurdler and sport reporter (1931-2020)

Thomas Bucheli

Swiss television presenter

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Werner Hartmann

Swiss artist (1903–1981)

Kaspar Steiner

Leader in the Swiss peasant war of 1653

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Walbert Bühlmann

Swiss theologian, Capuchin (1916-2007)

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Flavio Steimann

Swiss writer

Kaspar Meier

Swiss politician (1917-1998)

Markus Meier

Swiss university teacher (1955-2005)

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Martin Fink

Swiss association football player

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Andrea Thürig

Swiss cyclist (1978-)

Doris Schweizer

Swiss cyclist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Lucerne

• Hergiswil bei Willisau
  20.5 mi away · pop. 1,809
• Janiszów
  662.1 mi away · pop. 610
• Annopol
  662.3 mi away · pop. 2,371
• Opoka Duża
  662.8 mi away
• Stary Rachów
  664.5 mi away · pop. 170
• Pocześle
  664.8 mi away
• Szczecyn
  666.3 mi away · pop. 514
• Pielgrzymka
  667.3 mi away · pop. 40
• Wojciechów
  667.7 mi away
• Gościeradów Ukazowy
  668 mi away · pop. 880
• Zagłoba
  670.1 mi away
• Ludmiłówka
  670.6 mi away · pop. 530

Browse all places in Lucerne →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Root

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers