Stans

Stans is the capital of the canton of in Switzerland. The official language of Stans is German, but the main language is the local variant of Alemannic Swiss German.
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  • Type: Town with 8,210 residents
  • Description: municipality in, and capital of, the Swiss canton of Nidwalden
  • Also known as: Stans NW
  • Postal code: 6370

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stans railway station and Government building, former bank building.

Railway station
Stans is a railway station in the municipality of Stans in the canton of Nidwalden. It is on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line, owned by the Zentralbahn railway company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oberdorf and Ennetmoos.

Village
Photo: Neithan90, Public domain.
is a municipality in the canton of in . It consists of the villages and hamlets of Wil, Ennerberg, Waltersberg, Büren nid dem Bach and Niederrickenbach.

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Stans

Latitude
46.9571° or 46° 57′ 25″ north
Longitude
8.3661° or 8° 21′ 58″ east
Population
8,210
Elevation
453 metres (1,486 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH SAN
Open location code
8FRCX948+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 181328750
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2658504
Wiki­data ID
Q63931
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Stans” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Shtans
  • Albanian: Stans
  • Arabic: ستانس
  • Armenian: Շտանս
  • Basque: Stans
  • Belarusian: Штанс
  • Breton: Stans
  • Bulgarian: Щанс
  • Catalan: Stans
  • Cebuano: Stans (kapital sa kanton)
  • Cebuano: Stans
  • Chechen: Штанс
  • Chinese: 史坦斯
  • Chinese: 施坦斯
  • Chuvash: Штанс
  • Croatian: Stans
  • Czech: Stans
  • Danish: Stans
  • Dutch: Stans
  • Esperanto: Stans
  • Finnish: Stans
  • French: Stans
  • Galician: Stans
  • German: Stans NW
  • German: Stans
  • Greek: Στανς
  • Hebrew: סטאנס
  • Hungarian: Stans
  • Indonesian: Stans
  • Irish: Stans
  • Italian: Stans
  • Japanese: シュタンス
  • Kazakh: Штанс
  • Korean: 슈탄스
  • Kurdish: Stans
  • Latin: Stannis
  • Latin: Stans
  • Latin: Tannis
  • Lithuanian: Štansas
  • Lombard: Stans
  • Northern Frisian: Stans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Stans
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Stans
  • Norwegian: Stans
  • Occitan (post 1500): Stans
  • Persian: اشتانس
  • Persian: ستان، سوئیس
  • Piemontese: Stans
  • Polish: Stans
  • Portuguese: Stans
  • Romanian: Stans
  • Russian: Штанс
  • Scots: Stans
  • Scottish Gaelic: Stans
  • Serbian: Stans
  • Serbian: Штанс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Stans
  • Slovak: Stans
  • Slovenian: Stans
  • Spanish: Stans
  • Swedish: Stans
  • Swiss German: Stans
  • Tosk Albanian: Stans
  • Turkish: Stans
  • Ukrainian: Станс
  • Ukrainian: Штанс
  • Upper Sorbian: Stans
  • Urdu: شتانس
  • Uzbek: Shtans
  • Uzbek: Stans
  • Uzbek: Штанс
  • Venetian: Stans
  • Volapük: Stans
  • Waray (Philippines): Stans
  • Welsh: Stans
  • Western Panjabi: زٹانز
  • Wu Chinese: 施坦斯

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