Luthern
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1135
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Luthern centerThe parcel data lists 1’028 parcels in Luthern, covering 37.8 km². 43.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 6’887 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’028
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 37.8 km²
- 2.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 6’887 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 43.3%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1993
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Luthern
Luthern is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 2.5% of its area. The median parcel in Luthern measures 6’887 m², larger than the canton median of 1’199 m². Luthern is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 43.3% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wald (39.5%) and Landwirtschaftszone (38.1%). In total, Luthern uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Luthern has 1’108 buildings with 598 dwellings, 0.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (60.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 65.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (36.2% of them), and 22.7% 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: 445 (43.3%)
Unbuilt: 583 (56.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wald | 406 | 12.76 km² | 8.6% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 392 | 23.98 km² | 66.8% |
| zweigeschossige Wohnzone | 49 | 0.06 km² | 79.6% |
| Übriges Gebiet A | 42 | 0.33 km² | 2.4% |
| Dorfzone Luthern | 39 | 0.03 km² | 76.9% |
| Gewerbezone | 30 | 0.08 km² | 60.0% |
| Gewerbe- und Wohnzone | 14 | 0.01 km² | 85.7% |
| Dorfzone Hofstatt | 12 | 0.01 km² | 91.7% |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 10 | 0.03 km² | 70.0% |
| Weilerzone Luthern Bad | 8 | 0.01 km² | 87.5% |
| dreigeschossige Wohnzone | 8 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Übriges Gebiet B | 8 | 0.03 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 10 | 0.41 km² | 70.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’108 buildings with 598 dwellings here; 204 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’108
- Dwellings
- 598
- Single-family houses
- 204
- Building volume
- 1.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Luthern
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Luthern. 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.