Stans | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Stans  | |
  Stans  Stans | |
| Coordinates: 46°57′N 8°21′E / 46.950°N 8.350°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 |
Stans (German pronunciation: [ʃtans]) is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland.
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.
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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