Kerns

Kerns is a village in the canton of Obwalden in . Kerns has about 6,580 residents.
  • Village with 6,580 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 564 metres (1,850 feet)
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
  • Postal code: 6064
  • Also known as
    “Kerns OW”
    “Kerns, Switzerland”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarnen and Kägiswil.
is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake .
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Kerns.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km west of Kerns.

Kerns

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Latitude
46.90081° or 46° 54′ 3″ north
Longitude
8.27535° or 8° 16′ 31″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH KER
Open location code
8FRCW72G+84
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
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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”
  • Swiss German: “Kerns”
  • Turkish: “Kerns”
  • Ukrainian: “Кернс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kerns”
  • Urdu: “کرنز، سوئٹزرلینڈ”
  • Venetian: “Kerns”
  • Volapük: “Kerns”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kerns”
  • Welsh: “Kerns”

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