Kriens
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1059
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Kriens centerThe parcel data lists 4’957 parcels in Kriens, covering 27.5 km². 72.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 749 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’957
- 4.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 27.5 km²
- 1.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 749 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 72.6%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1979
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Kriens
Kriens ranks 2nd of 79 municipalities in the canton of Lucerne by number of parcels and holds 4.1% of the canton's parcels on 1.9% of its area. The median parcel in Kriens measures 749 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’199 m². Kriens is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 72.6% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone B (24%), Wohnzone D (16.1%) and Wohnzone A (10.4%). In total, Kriens uses 36 zone designations.
According to the building register, Kriens has 5’530 buildings with 15’731 dwellings, 2.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 44.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 27.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (29.2% of them), and 17.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1979, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 3’599 (72.6%)
Unbuilt: 1’358 (27.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone B | 1’189 | 0.69 km² | 86.7% |
| Wohnzone D | 800 | 0.63 km² | 84.8% |
| Wohnzone A | 516 | 0.44 km² | 89.1% |
| Landwirtschaft | 372 | 6.54 km² | 50.0% |
| Schutzverordnung Hochwald | 344 | 11.36 km² | 35.2% |
| Wohnzone E | 307 | 0.51 km² | 85.0% |
| Wald | 202 | 3.88 km² | 13.9% |
| Wohn- / Arbeitszone B | 177 | 0.16 km² | 83.1% |
| Arbeitszone A | 128 | 0.34 km² | 66.4% |
| Wohn- / Arbeitszone A | 123 | 0.14 km² | 82.1% |
| Arbeitszone C | 115 | 0.47 km² | 72.2% |
| Wohnzone mit Volumenerhaltung | 100 | 0.17 km² | 69.0% |
| Other zones (24 labels) | 584 | 2.18 km² | 59.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’530 buildings with 15’731 dwellings here; 1’450 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’530
- Dwellings
- 15’731
- Single-family houses
- 1’450
- Building volume
- 10.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Kriens
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Kriens. 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.
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