Silenen

Silenen is a municipality in the canton of in . Silenen has an elevation of 1,303 metres.
  • Type: Village with 2,160 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Uri, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Amsteg”, “Bristen”, “CH1216”, “Frentschenberg”, “Val Silauna”, and “Zilenen”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Zwing Uri Castle and Erstfeld railway station.

Castle
Zwing Uri is a ruined medieval castle north of Amsteg…

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the… is situated 3½ km northwest of Silenen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erstfeld and Amsteg.

Village
is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 3½ km northwest of Silenen.

Village
Photo: Kecko, CC BY 2.0.
is a village.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southwest of Silenen.

Silenen

Latitude
46.7921° or 46° 47′ 32″ north
Longitude
8.6695° or 8° 40′ 10″ east
Population
2,160
Elevation
1,303 metres (4,275 feet)
Open location code
8FRCQMR9+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Silenen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Silenen”
  • Albanian: “Silenen”
  • Aragonese: “Silenen”
  • Arpitan: “Silenen”
  • Asturian: “Silenen”
  • Basque: “Silenen”
  • Bavarian: “Silenen”
  • Breton: “Silenen”
  • Catalan: “Silenen”
  • Cebuano: “Silenen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Silenen”
  • Chinese: “錫列能”
  • Chinese: “锡伦嫩”
  • Chuvash: “Зиленен”
  • Corsican: “Silenen”
  • Croatian: “Silenen”
  • Czech: “Silenen”
  • Danish: “Silenen”
  • Dutch: “Silenen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيلينين”
  • Esperanto: “Silenen”
  • Estonian: “Silenen”
  • Finnish: “Silenen”
  • French: “Silenen”
  • Friulian: “Silenen”
  • Galician: “Silenen”
  • German: “Silenen UR”
  • German: “Silenen”
  • Hungarian: “Silenen”
  • Icelandic: “Silenen”
  • Ido: “Silenen”
  • Indonesian: “Silenen”
  • Interlingua: “Silenen”
  • Interlingue: “Silenen”
  • Irish: “Silenen”
  • Italian: “Silenen”
  • Jèrriais: “Silenen”
  • Kazakh: “Зиленен”
  • Kongo: “Silenen”
  • Ligurian: “Silenen”
  • Limburgan: “Silenen”
  • Lombard: “Silenen”
  • Low German: “Silenen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Silenen”
  • Malagasy: “Silenen”
  • Malay: “Silenen”
  • Minangkabau: “Silenen”
  • Neapolitan: “Silenen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Silenen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Silenen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Silenen”
  • Picard: “Silenen”
  • Piemontese: “Silenen”
  • Polish: “Silenen”
  • Portuguese: “Silenen”
  • Romanian: “Silenen”
  • Romansh: “Silenen”
  • Russian: “Зиленен”
  • Sardinian: “Silenen”
  • Scots: “Silenen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Silenen”
  • Serbian: “Silenen”
  • Sicilian: “Silenen”
  • Silesian: “Silenen”
  • Slovak: “Silenen”
  • Slovenian: “Silenen”
  • Spanish: “Silenen”
  • Swahili: “Silenen”
  • Swedish: “Silenen”
  • Swiss German: “Silene”
  • Swiss German: “Silenen UR”
  • Turkish: “Silenen”
  • Ukrainian: “Зіленен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Silenen”
  • Uzbek: “Silenen”
  • Venetian: “Silenen”
  • Vietnamese: “Silenen”
  • Vlaams: “Silenen”
  • Volapük: “Silenen”
  • Walloon: “Silenen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Silenen”
  • Welsh: “Silenen”
  • Wolof: “Silenen”
  • Zulu: “Silenen”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Männigen and Buchen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kil.11 and Feuerwehr Silenen.

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