Galgenen

Galgenen is a municipality in in the in . Galgenen has about 3,930 residents.
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  • Type: Village with 3,930 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
  • Postal code: 8854

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Martin’s catholic parish church and St. Jost chapel.

Church

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the in the Swiss canton of , near Obersee. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, on the border of fare zones 997 and 998 of the Ostwind Fare Network.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siebnen and Wangen.

Village
is a village in in the in .

Village
is a municipality in in the in . The municipality includes itself, together with the hamlet of Nuolen.

Village
is a municipality in in the in .

Galgenen

Latitude
47.18159° or 47° 10′ 54″ north
Longitude
8.87424° or 8° 52′ 27″ east
Population
3,930
Elevation
424 metres (1,391 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH GGN
Open location code
8FVC5VJF+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240109544
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8533680
Wiki­data ID
Q66580
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Galgenen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Galgenen
  • Asturian: Galgenen
  • Basque: Galgenen
  • Breton: Galgenen
  • Bulgarian: Галгенен
  • Catalan: Galgenen
  • Cebuano: Galgenen
  • Chinese: 加尔盖嫩
  • Chuvash: Гальгенен
  • Czech: Galgenen
  • Dutch: Galgenen
  • Esperanto: Achern SZ
  • Esperanto: Buechli
  • Esperanto: Galgenen
  • Esperanto: Steinweid
  • Esperanto: Stöckli
  • French: Galgenen
  • German: Galgenen
  • Hungarian: Galgenen
  • Irish: Galgenen
  • Italian: Galgenen
  • Kazakh: Гальгенен
  • Lombard: Galgenen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Galgenen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Galgenen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Galgenen
  • Piemontese: Galgenen
  • Polish: Galgenen
  • Portuguese: Galgenen
  • Russian: Гальгенен
  • Slovak: Galgenen
  • Spanish: Galgenen
  • Swedish: Galgenen
  • Swiss German: Galgenen
  • Tosk Albanian: Galgenen
  • Turkish: Galgenen
  • Ukrainian: Гальгенен
  • Upper Sorbian: Galgenen
  • Uzbek: Galgenen
  • Venetian: Galgenen
  • Volapük: Galgenen
  • Waray (Philippines): Galgenen
  • Welsh: Galgenen

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