Canton of LU
Living in Emmen
With a municipal tax multiplier of 215%, this municipality ranks 62 among the least taxed of the 79 municipalities in canton LU. That is 20 points above the median municipality in canton LU. With 32,619 inhabitants, it is the 2 most populous of the canton’s 80 municipalities. Under-20s make up 20.2% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole: the municipality skews young. It is also a tourist destination: 35,073 hotel overnight stays were recorded in 2024.
STATPOP 2024
Age structure
- 0–19 years
- 6,587
- 20–64 years
- 20,165
- 65 and over
- 5,867
Municipal taxation
- Municipal multiplier
- 215.00 %
- Cantonal multiplier
- 155.00 %
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
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