Schänis

Schänis is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in .
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Wikipedia
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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 Ziegelbrücke railway station and Bilten railway station.

Railway station
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is a junction station in the village of in . Whilst the village is shared between the , in the , and the municipality of Schänis, in the , the station is located in the Gemarkung of Schänis, where it is the larger of two railway stations.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the and . 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 .

Aerodrome
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is an aerodrome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bilten and Niederurnen.

Village
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is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in . Effective from 1 January 2011, is part of the municipality of .

Village
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is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in . Effective from 1 January 2011, is part of the municipality of . is situated 4 km south of Schänis.

Village
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is a village in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, located on Lake Walen near the outflow of the . is situated 4½ km southeast of Schänis.

Schänis

Latitude
47.1592° or 47° 9′ 33″ north
Longitude
9.0467° or 9° 2′ 48″ east
Population
3,570
Elevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)
Open location code
8FVF525W+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31952960
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7287075
Wiki­data 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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