Wauwil
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1146
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wauwil centerThe parcel data lists 607 parcels in Wauwil, covering 3 km². 74% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 860 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 607
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 3 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 860 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 74%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1989
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wauwil
Wauwil is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Wauwil measures 860 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’199 m². Wauwil is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 74% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit lockerer Bebauung (24.4%), 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit dichter Bebauung (17.3%) and Landwirtschaftszone (16.6%). In total, Wauwil uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wauwil has 738 buildings with 1’217 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 48.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 36% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (28.3% of them), and 35.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1989, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 449 (74%)
Unbuilt: 158 (26%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit lockerer Bebauung | 148 | 0.11 km² | 93.2% |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit dichter Bebauung | 105 | 0.07 km² | 89.5% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 101 | 1.91 km² | 40.6% |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone | 76 | 0.09 km² | 89.5% |
| Wohn-/Arbeitszone | 43 | 0.05 km² | 93.0% |
| Uebriges Gebiet A | 33 | 0.10 km² | 6.1% |
| Wald | 25 | 0.19 km² | 20.0% |
| Arbeitszone | 19 | 0.07 km² | 73.7% |
| Dorfzone | 17 | 0.01 km² | 94.1% |
| Zentrumszone Glasi | 16 | 0.04 km² | 68.8% |
| Kernzone | 13 | 0.02 km² | 92.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 7 | 0.05 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 4 | 0.25 km² | 25.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 738 buildings with 1’217 dwellings here; 201 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 738
- Dwellings
- 1’217
- Single-family houses
- 201
- Building volume
- 1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wauwil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wauwil. 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.