Menznau
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1136
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’273 parcels in Menznau, covering 30.3 km². 57.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’026 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’273
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 30.3 km²
2% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’026 m²
Canton: 1’199 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 57.7%
Canton: 63.1%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1993
Canton: 1988
Switzerland: 1976
About Menznau
Menznau ranks 35th of 79 municipalities in the canton of Lucerne by number of parcels and holds 1% of the canton's parcels on 2% of its area. The median parcel in Menznau measures 3’026 m², larger than the canton median of 1’199 m². Menznau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 57.7% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (30.2%), Wald (26.1%) and Wohnzone B (17%). In total, Menznau uses 23 zone designations.
According to the building register, Menznau has 1’644 buildings with 1’431 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 49.5% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 55.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (31.1% of them), and 31.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1993, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 734 (57.7%)Unbuilt: 539 (42.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 384 | 20.37 km² | 63.3% |
| Wald | 332 | 7.69 km² | 9.3% |
| Wohnzone B | 217 | 0.18 km² | 94.5% |
| Wohnzone A | 87 | 0.09 km² | 90.8% |
| Arbeits- und Wohnzone A | 43 | 0.06 km² | 90.7% |
| Dorfzone Menznau | 24 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Dorfzone Menzberg | 23 | 0.03 km² | 82.6% |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 20 | 0.06 km² | 85.0% |
| Dorfzone Geiss | 16 | 0.01 km² | 81.3% |
| Grünzone | 16 | 0.06 km² | 43.8% |
| Landhauszone | 16 | 0.02 km² | 87.5% |
| Verkehrszone | 16 | 0.07 km² | 18.8% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 79 | 1.68 km² | 50.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’644 buildings with 1’431 dwellings here; 313 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’644
- Dwellings
- 1’431
- Single-family houses
- 313
- Building volume
- 2.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Menznau
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