Pfaffnau
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1139
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Pfaffnau centerThe parcel data lists 1’175 parcels in Pfaffnau, covering 17.7 km². 61.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’503 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’175
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 17.7 km²
- 1.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’503 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 61.8%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Pfaffnau
Pfaffnau ranks 36th of 79 municipalities in the canton of Lucerne by number of parcels and holds 1% of the canton's parcels on 1.2% of its area. The median parcel in Pfaffnau measures 1’503 m², larger than the canton median of 1’199 m². Pfaffnau is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 61.8% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (38.7%), Wohnzone A (23.6%) and Wohnzone B (8.3%). In total, Pfaffnau uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Pfaffnau has 1’332 buildings with 1’407 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (65.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (28.4% of them), and 31.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 726 (61.8%)
Unbuilt: 449 (38.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 455 | 11.43 km² | 43.1% |
| Wohnzone A | 277 | 0.23 km² | 91.7% |
| Wohnzone B | 98 | 0.09 km² | 90.8% |
| Kernzone | 61 | 0.08 km² | 90.2% |
| Wald | 61 | 4.07 km² | 14.8% |
| Verkehrszone | 46 | 0.09 km² | 4.3% |
| Arbeitszone | 28 | 0.11 km² | 71.4% |
| Mischzone | 26 | 0.03 km² | 96.2% |
| Dorfzone Sagen | 24 | 0.04 km² | 95.8% |
| Wohnzone C | 18 | 0.02 km² | 94.4% |
| Übriges Gebiet A Gewässer | 13 | 0.05 km² | 7.7% |
| Übriges Gebiet C | 13 | 0.61 km² | 53.8% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 55 | 0.86 km² | 50.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’332 buildings with 1’407 dwellings here; 417 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’332
- Dwellings
- 1’407
- Single-family houses
- 417
- Building volume
- 1.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Pfaffnau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Pfaffnau. 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.