Meggen
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1063
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Meggen centerThe parcel data lists 1’951 parcels in Meggen, covering 14.9 km². 74.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’016 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’951
- 1.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 14.9 km²
- 1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’016 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 74.4%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1984
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Meggen
Meggen ranks 22nd of 79 municipalities in the canton of Lucerne by number of parcels and holds 1.6% of the canton's parcels on 1% of its area. The median parcel in Meggen measures 1’016 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’199 m². Meggen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 74.4% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone c (25.5%), 2-geschossige Wohnzone b (24.8%) and Landwirtschaftszone (7.6%). In total, Meggen uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Meggen has 2’452 buildings with 3’863 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 31% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27.2% of them), and 26.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1984, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’451 (74.4%)
Unbuilt: 500 (25.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone c | 497 | 0.48 km² | 94.0% |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone b | 483 | 0.49 km² | 87.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 149 | 2.74 km² | 51.0% |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone b | 131 | 0.23 km² | 89.3% |
| Wald | 121 | 1.17 km² | 9.9% |
| 3-geschossige Wohn- und Geschäftszone | 97 | 0.13 km² | 86.6% |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone a | 87 | 0.14 km² | 79.3% |
| Uebriges Gebiet A | 87 | 7.89 km² | 13.8% |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone a | 62 | 0.11 km² | 80.6% |
| Parkzone | 62 | 0.50 km² | 72.6% |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 50 | 0.20 km² | 76.0% |
| Fischerdörflizone | 26 | 0.02 km² | 84.6% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 99 | 0.83 km² | 39.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’452 buildings with 3’863 dwellings here; 771 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’452
- Dwellings
- 3’863
- Single-family houses
- 771
- Building volume
- 3.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Meggen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Meggen. 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.