Kerns
Kerns is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Kerns has about 6,580 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pfarrkirche St. Gallus and Kägiswil airfield.
Pfarrkirche St. Gallus
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pfarrkirche St. Gallus is a church.
St. Catherine’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Catherine’s Chapel is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarnen and Kägiswil.
Sarnen
Sarnen is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake Sarnen. Sarnen is an ideal starting point for numerous excursions by train, car or bike; a variety of sports can be practised here or in the immediate vicinity.
Kägiswil
Village
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kägiswil is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Kerns.
Ramersberg
Hamlet
Photo: Roland Zumbühl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramersberg is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km west of Kerns.
Kerns
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Kerns, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.90081° or 46° 54′ 3″ northLongitude
8.27535° or 8° 16′ 31″ eastPopulation
6,580Elevation
564 metres (1,850 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH KEROpen location code
8FRCW72G+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 240057113OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Kerns” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kerns”
- Basque: “Kerns”
- Breton: “Kerns”
- Catalan: “Kerns”
- Cebuano: “Kerns (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Kerns”
- Chinese: “克尔恩斯”
- Chinese: “克恩斯”
- Chuvash: “Кернс”
- Czech: “Kerns”
- Dutch: “Kerns”
- Esperanto: “Dietried”
- Esperanto: “Halten”
- Esperanto: “Kerns-Dorf”
- Esperanto: “Kerns”
- Esperanto: “Melchtal”
- Esperanto: “Sankt-Niklausen”
- Esperanto: “Sankt-Niklaŭsen”
- Esperanto: “Siebeneich”
- Esperanto: “Wisserlen”
- French: “Kerns”
- German: “Kerns OW”
- German: “Kerns”
- Hebrew: “קרנס”
- Hungarian: “Kerns”
- Irish: “Kerns”
- Italian: “Kerns”
- Italian: “Melchsee-Frutt”
- Kazakh: “Кернс”
- Korean: “케른스”
- Latin: “Kerns”
- Lombard: “Kerns”
- Luxembourgish: “Kerns”
- Moksha: “Кэрнс”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerns”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kerns”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kerns”
- Piemontese: “Kerns”
- Polish: “Kerns”
- Portuguese: “Kerns”
- Romanian: “Kerns”
- Russian: “Кернс”
- Spanish: “Kerns”
- Swedish: “Kerns”
- Swiss German: “Chärns”
- Swiss German: “Kerns OW”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kerns”
- Turkish: “Kerns”
- Ukrainian: “Кернс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kerns”
- Venetian: “Kerns”
- Volapük: “Kerns”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kerns”
- Welsh: “Kerns”
- “Kerns”
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