Kerns

Kerns is a village in the canton of Obwalden in . Kerns has about 6,580 residents.
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  • Type: Village with 6,580 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Kerns OW” and “Kerns, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 6064
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kägiswil airfield and St. Catherine’s Chapel.

Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an aerodrome.

Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Railway stop
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Obwalden. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Brünig line of the Zentralbahn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarnen and Kägiswil.

Photo: pyraniton, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake . 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.

Village
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Kerns.

Hamlet
Photo: Roland Zumbühl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km west of Kerns.

Kerns

Latitude
46.90081° or 46° 54′ 3″ north
Longitude
8.27535° or 8° 16′ 31″ east
Population
6,580
Elevation
564 metres (1,850 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH KER
Open location code
8FRCW72G+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240057113
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660171
Wiki­data ID
Q67159
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Kerns” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kerns”
  • Aragonese: “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”
  • Urdu: “کرنز، سوئٹزرلینڈ”
  • Venetian: “Kerns”
  • Volapük: “Kerns”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kerns”
  • Welsh: “Kerns”
  • “Kerns”

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