Stans
Municipality in Nidwalden, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Stans (disambiguation).
Stans (German pronunciation: [ʃtans]) is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland.
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Stans | |
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Coordinates: 46°57′N 8°21′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Nidwalden |
District | n.a. |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gemeindepräsidentin Beatrice Richard-Ruf FDP/PRD |
Area | |
• Total | 11.08 km2 (4.28 sq mi) |
Elevation | 452 m (1,483 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 8,393 |
• Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 6370 |
SFOS number | 1509 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-NW |
Surrounded by | Buochs, Dallenwil, Ennetbürgen, Ennetmoos, Oberdorf, Stansstad |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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The official language of Stans is German (spoken there in the variety of Swiss Standard German), but the main language is the local variant of Alemannic Swiss German.