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Wauwil

Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1146

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

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The parcel data lists 607 parcels in Wauwil, covering 3 km². 74% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 860 m².

Key figures

Parcels
607
0.5% of the canton
Total area
3 km²

0.2% of the canton

Median area
860 m²

Canton: 1’199 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
74%

Canton: 63.1%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1989

Canton: 1988

Switzerland: 1976

About Wauwil

Wauwil is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Wauwil measures 860 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’199 m². Wauwil is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 74% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit lockerer Bebauung (24.4%), 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit dichter Bebauung (17.3%) and Landwirtschaftszone (16.6%). In total, Wauwil uses 16 zone designations.

According to the building register, Wauwil has 740 buildings with 1’213 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 49% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 36.5% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (28.3% of them), and 35.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1989, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1988).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 449 (74%)Unbuilt: 158 (26%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
2-geschossige Wohnzone mit lockerer Bebauung1480.11 km²93.2%
2-geschossige Wohnzone mit dichter Bebauung1050.07 km²89.5%
Landwirtschaftszone1011.91 km²40.6%
3-geschossige Wohnzone760.09 km²89.5%
Wohn-/Arbeitszone430.05 km²93.0%
Uebriges Gebiet A330.10 km²6.1%
Wald250.19 km²20.0%
Arbeitszone190.07 km²73.7%
Dorfzone170.01 km²94.1%
Zentrumszone Glasi160.04 km²68.8%
Kernzone130.02 km²92.3%
Zone für öffentliche Zwecke70.05 km²100.0%
Other zones (4 labels)40.25 km²25.0%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 740 buildings with 1’213 dwellings here; 201 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
740
Dwellings
1’213
Single-family houses
201
Building volume
1 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential410
  • Mixed use15
  • Non-residential270
  • Other45

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192012
  • 1920-194516
  • 1946-196039
  • 1961-198077
  • 1981-2000127
  • 2001-201054
  • 2011-202082
  • 2021 and later23
  • Unknown year19

Maps and geodata for Wauwil

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