Buochs is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. It has a population of 5200 of which 12% is of foreign nationality (2002). The area of Buochs is 12.04 km².
There are 260 local businesses which employ 1300 people. 14% of these are in the agricultural sector, 34% in trade and industry, and 52% in services.
The main sights of Buochs are the church St. Martin, the Loreto chapel in Ennerberg, a monument of Johann Melchior Wyrsch, and the quay.
It borders on the three original Swiss cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden (which today is divided into the Cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden), as well as the canton of Lucerne, thus the name.
Many of the oldest communities of Switzerland are along the shore, including Küssnacht, Weggis, Vitznau, Gersau, Brunnen, Altdorf, Buochs, and Treib.
In addition, the meadow of the Rütli, traditional site of the founding of the Swiss Confederation, is on the southeast shore of the lake.
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