Lungern
Municipality in the canton of Obwalden · FSO no. 1405
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Lungern centerThe parcel data lists 1’899 parcels in Lungern, covering 46.6 km². 58.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’187 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’899
- 11% of the canton
- Total area
- 46.6 km²
- 9.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’187 m²
- Canton: 1’006 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 58.5%
- Canton: 67.5%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1964
- Canton: 1979
- Switzerland: 1975
About Lungern
Lungern ranks 7th of 7 municipalities in the canton of Obwalden by number of parcels and holds 11% of the canton's parcels on 9.5% of its area. The median parcel in Lungern measures 1’187 m², larger than the canton median of 1’006 m². Lungern is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 58.5% of its parcels have a building, against 67.5% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (41.3%), Wald (17.1%) and Dorfzone (9.7%). In total, Lungern uses 18 zone designations.
According to the building register, Lungern has 1’767 buildings with 1’500 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 56.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 46.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (33.6% of them), and 17.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1964, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1979).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’110 (58.5%)
Unbuilt: 789 (41.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 784 | 7.05 km² | 63.0% |
| Wald | 325 | 4.52 km² | 12.3% |
| Dorfzone | 184 | 0.10 km² | 87.0% |
| Wohnzone A | 158 | 0.11 km² | 91.8% |
| Zentrumszone | 127 | 0.06 km² | 83.5% |
| Wohnzone B | 87 | 0.05 km² | 86.2% |
| Verkehrsfläche | 51 | 0.32 km² | 13.7% |
| Arbeitszone | 44 | 0.10 km² | 79.5% |
| Verkehrszone | 37 | 0.04 km² | 0.0% |
| Alpwirtschaftszone | 27 | 31.80 km² | 33.3% |
| Grünzone | 18 | 0.03 km² | 55.6% |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen | 17 | 0.08 km² | 35.3% |
| Other zones (6 labels) | 40 | 2.35 km² | 57.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’767 buildings with 1’500 dwellings here; 449 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’767
- Dwellings
- 1’500
- Single-family houses
- 449
- Building volume
- 1.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Lungern
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Lungern. 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.