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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  • Town with about 8,510 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 450 metres (1,480 feet)
  • …is also known as “Stans NW”
  • Description: capital of the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 6370

Places of Interest

Discover Stans railway station and Stanserhornbahn bottom station.
Railway station
Stans is a railway station in the municipality of Stans in the canton of Nidwalden.

Villages in the Area

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Latitude
46.9571° or 46° 57′ 25″ north
Longitude
8.3661° or 8° 21′ 58″ east
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CH SAN
Open location code
8FRCX948+RC
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Stans” goes by many names.
ShtansAlbanian
StansAlbanian
ስታንስAmharic
ستانسArabic
StansAragonese
ՇտանսArmenian
StansAzerbaijani
StansBasque
ШтансBelarusian
স্ট্যান্সBengali
StansBreton
ЩансBulgarian
StansCatalan
StansCebuano
Stans (kapital sa kanton)Cebuano
ШтансChechen
史坦斯Chinese
施坦斯Chinese
ШтансChuvash
StansCroatian
StansCzech
StansDanish
StansDutch
StansEsperanto
StansFinnish
StansGalician
ΣτανςGreek
StansHausa
סטאנסHebrew
श्टांसHindi
स्टांसHindi
StansHungarian
StansIndonesian
StansIrish
StansItalian
シュタンスJapanese
StansJavanese
ШтансKazakh
ШтансKirghiz
슈탄스Korean
StansKurdish
StannisLatin
TannisLatin
ŠtansasLithuanian
StansLombard
StansLuxembourgish
StansMalay
StansNorthern Frisian
StansNorwegian
StansNorwegian Bokmål
StansNorwegian Nynorsk
StansOccitan (post 1500)
StansOromo
ਸਤਾਨਸPanjabi
اشتانسPersian
ستان، سوئیسPersian
StansPiemontese
StansPolish
سټانسPushto
StansRomanian
ШтансRussian
StansScots
StansScottish Gaelic
ШтансSerbian
StansSerbo-Croatian
StansSlovak
StansSlovenian
StansSomali
StansSwahili
StansSwedish
StansSwiss German
ШтансTajik
ШтансTatar
StansTurkish
СтансUkrainian
ШтансUkrainian
StansUpper Sorbian
شتانسUrdu
ShtansUzbek
StansUzbek
ШтансUzbek
StansVenetian
StansVolapük
StansWaray (Philippines)
StansWelsh
زٹانزWestern Panjabi
施坦斯Wu Chinese

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