Lachen
Lachen is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Lachen has about 9,530 residents.
- Type: Village with 9,530 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lachen, Switzerland” and “Laxen”
- Postal code: 8853
- Neighbors: Rapperswil
Places of Interest
Highlights: Holy Cross Catholic Parish Church and Town Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seestatt and Altendorf.
Altendorf
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Galgenen
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Lachen
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Lachen, March District, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.19238° or 47° 11′ 33″ north
Longitude
8.85238° or 8° 51′ 9″ east
Population
9,530
Elevation
412 metres (1,352 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CH LHN
Open location code
8FVC5VR2+XX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lachen” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lachen”
- Arabic: “لاخن - سويسرا”
- Basque: “Lachen”
- Belarusian: “Ляхэн”
- Breton: “Lachen”
- Catalan: “Lachen”
- Cebuano: “Lachen (kapital sa distrito)”
- Chinese: “拉亨”
- Chuvash: “Лахен”
- Czech: “Lachen”
- Danish: “Lachen”
- Dutch: “Lachen”
- Esperanto: “Lachen SZ”
- Faroese: “Lachen”
- French: “Lachen”
- German: “Lachen SZ”
- German: “Lachen”
- Hebrew: “לאכן”
- Hungarian: “Lachen”
- Irish: “Lachen”
- Italian: “Lachen”
- Japanese: “ラッヘン”
- Kalaallisut: “Lachen”
- Kazakh: “Лахен”
- Korean: “라헨”
- Kurdish: “Lachen, Schwyz”
- Kurdish: “Lachen”
- Lombard: “Lachen”
- Macedonian: “Лахен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lachen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lachen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lachen”
- Persian: “لشان، شوئیز”
- Persian: “لشان”
- Piemontese: “Lachen”
- Polish: “Lachen (Szwajcaria)”
- Polish: “Lachen”
- Portuguese: “Lachen”
- Russian: “Лахен”
- Slovak: “Lachen”
- Spanish: “Lachen”
- Swedish: “Lachen, Schweiz”
- Swedish: “Lachen”
- Swiss German: “Lache SZ”
- Swiss German: “Lachen SZ”
- Turkish: “Lachen”
- Ukrainian: “Лахен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Lachen”
- Urdu: “لاچین، سوئٹزرلینڈ”
- Uzbek: “Lachen”
- Venetian: “Lachen (Svisara)”
- Venetian: “Lachen”
- Volapük: “Lachen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lachen, Switzerland”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lachen”
- Welsh: “Lachen”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Oberdorf and Seegüetli.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Rathausbrunnen and Sisters‘ house, former Villa Stählin.
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