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Schenkon

Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1099

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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The parcel data lists 998 parcels in Schenkon, covering 7.7 km². 62.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’134 m².

Key figures

Parcels
998
0.8% of the canton
Total area
7.7 km²

0.5% of the canton

Median area
1’134 m²

Canton: 1’199 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
62.4%

Canton: 63.1%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1995

Canton: 1988

Switzerland: 1976

About Schenkon

Schenkon is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Schenkon measures 1’134 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’199 m². Schenkon is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 62.4% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (21.6%), Wohnzone A (16.2%) and Wohnzone B (13.2%). In total, Schenkon uses 34 zone designations.

According to the building register, Schenkon has 1’065 buildings with 1’465 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 37.7% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (35.2% of them), and 35.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1995, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1988).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 623 (62.4%)Unbuilt: 375 (37.6%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Landwirtschaftszone2164.69 km²37.5%
Wohnzone A1620.14 km²96.3%
Wohnzone B1320.09 km²97.7%
Wald900.82 km²2.2%
Übriges Gebiet C601.21 km²46.7%
Verkehrszone380.10 km²5.3%
Wohnzone D350.05 km²94.3%
Dorfzone260.03 km²88.5%
Spezielle Wohnzone "Tannberg / Mürerhüsli"250.01 km²16.0%
Kernzone210.03 km²95.2%
Spezielle Mischzone "Zellfeldpark160.02 km²93.8%
Spezielle Wohnzone "Striegelhöhe160.01 km²75.0%
Other zones (22 labels)1610.52 km²73.3%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 1’065 buildings with 1’465 dwellings here; 336 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’065
Dwellings
1’465
Single-family houses
336
Building volume
1.4 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential561
  • Mixed use20
  • Non-residential401
  • Other83

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192015
  • 1920-194529
  • 1946-196031
  • 1961-198088
  • 1981-2000219
  • 2001-2010110
  • 2011-202091
  • 2021 and later18
  • Unknown year22

Maps and geodata for Schenkon

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