Schänis
Schänis is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,570 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH3315”, “Schaenis”, “Schanis”, and “Schänis SG”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bilten railway station and Ziegelbrücke railway station.
Bilten railway station
Railway station
Bilten railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Glarus and municipality of Glarus Nord. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, owned by the Swiss Federal Railways, and takes its name from the nearby village of Bilten.
Ziegelbrücke railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alexey M., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ziegelbrücke railway station is a junction station in the village of Ziegelbrücke in Switzerland. Whilst the village is shared between the municipality of Glarus Nord, in the canton of Glarus, and the municipality of Schänis, in the canton of St. Gallen, the station is located in the Gemarkung of Schänis, where it is the larger of two railway stations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bilten and Niederurnen.
Bilten
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bilten is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Bilten is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.
Niederurnen
Village
Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain.
Niederurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Niederurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. Niederurnen is situated 4 km south of Schänis.
Weesen
Village
Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Weesen is a village in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, located on Lake Walen near the outflow of the Linth Canal. Weesen is situated 4½ km southeast of Schänis.
Schänis
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.1592° or 47° 9′ 33″ northLongitude
9.0467° or 9° 2′ 48″ eastPopulation
3,570Elevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)Open location code
8FVF525W+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 31952960OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7287075Wikidata ID
Q65446
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Schänis” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Schänis”
- Breton: “Schänis”
- Catalan: “Schänis”
- Cebuano: “Schänis (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Schänis”
- Chinese: “谢尼斯”
- Czech: “Schänis”
- Dutch: “Schaenis”
- Dutch: “Schanis”
- Dutch: “Schänis”
- Esperanto: “Schänis”
- French: “Schanis”
- French: “Schänis”
- German: “Schänis”
- Hungarian: “Schänis”
- Irish: “Schänis”
- Italian: “Schänis”
- Kazakh: “Шенис”
- Korean: “셰니스”
- Lombard: “Schänis”
- Malay: “Schänis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schänis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schänis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Schänis”
- Piemontese: “Schänis”
- Polish: “Schänis”
- Portuguese: “Schänis”
- Russian: “Шенис”
- Slovenian: “Schänis”
- Spanish: “Schanis”
- Spanish: “Schänis”
- Swedish: “Schänis”
- Swiss German: “Schänis”
- Tosk Albanian: “Schänis”
- Turkish: “Schänis”
- Ukrainian: “Шеніс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Schänis”
- Uzbek: “Schanis”
- Uzbek: “Schänis”
- Uzbek: “Shenis”
- Uzbek: “Шенис”
- Venetian: “Schänis”
- Volapük: “Schänis”
- Waray (Philippines): “Schänis”
- Welsh: “Schänis”
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