Hohenrain
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1032
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Hohenrain centerThe parcel data lists 1’859 parcels in Hohenrain, covering 23.5 km². 39.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’367 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’859
- 1.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 23.5 km²
- 1.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’367 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 39.5%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1993
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Hohenrain
Hohenrain ranks 24th of 79 municipalities in the canton of Lucerne by number of parcels and holds 1.5% of the canton's parcels on 1.6% of its area. The median parcel in Hohenrain measures 3’367 m², larger than the canton median of 1’199 m². Hohenrain is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 39.5% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (36.7%), Wald (31.6%) and 2-geschossige Wohnzone a (11.2%). In total, Hohenrain uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Hohenrain has 1’576 buildings with 1’080 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 53.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (38% of them), and 29.1% 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: 735 (39.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’124 (60.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 683 | 18.65 km² | 31.9% |
| Wald | 588 | 3.49 km² | 2.2% |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone a | 208 | 0.15 km² | 89.4% |
| Dorfzone A | 155 | 0.13 km² | 91.6% |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone für verdichtete Bauweise | 62 | 0.03 km² | 91.9% |
| Arbeitszone ES III | 25 | 0.06 km² | 88.0% |
| Übriges Gebiet A | 22 | 0.46 km² | 13.6% |
| Landhauszone | 17 | 0.01 km² | 88.2% |
| Weilerzone | 17 | 0.02 km² | 82.4% |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 16 | 0.15 km² | 81.3% |
| Übriges Gebiet B | 15 | 0.06 km² | 86.7% |
| Dorfzone C | 13 | 0.02 km² | 84.6% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 38 | 0.30 km² | 73.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’576 buildings with 1’080 dwellings here; 429 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’576
- Dwellings
- 1’080
- Single-family houses
- 429
- Building volume
- 1.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Hohenrain
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Hohenrain. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.