Stans

capital of the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland
Place city_of_switzerland Q63931
Stans
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Stans

Summary

Stans is a city of Switzerland[1]. Stans has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Stans was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Stans is located in Canton of Nidwalden[4].
  • Stans is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Stans's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[6].
  • Stans's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Stans's instance of is recorded as cantonal capital of Switzerland[8].
  • Stans's official language is recorded as German[9].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Dallenwil[10].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Ennetbürgen[11].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Ennetmoos[12].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Oberdorf[13].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Stansstad[14].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Buochs[15].
  • Stans's postal code is recorded as 6370[16].
  • Stans's Commons category is recorded as Stans[17].
  • Stans's licence plate code is recorded as NW[18].
  • Stans's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[19].
  • Stans's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[20].
  • Stans's local dialing code is recorded as 041[21].
  • Stans's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.959444444444, 'lon': 8.3666666666667}[22].
  • Stans's official website is recorded as http://www.stans.ch[23].
  • Stans's IPA transcription is recorded as [ʃtans][24].
  • Stans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stans[25].
  • Stans has a population of {'amount': '+8411'}[26].
  • Stans has a population of {'amount': '+5669'}[27].

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Geography

Stans is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Stans is located in Canton of Nidwalden[4].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+8411'}[26], {'amount': '+5669'}[27], {'amount': '+5621'}[28], {'amount': '+5655'}[29], {'amount': '+5796'}[30], and {'amount': '+5872'}[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Switzerland[6], Municipality of Switzerland[7], and cantonal capital of Switzerland[8].

Why It Matters

Stans has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Stans is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · PantherStrix · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of city of Switzerland, Municipality of Switzerland, cantonal capital of Switzerland
    Category of associated people Category:People from Stans
    Capital of Canton of Nidwalden
    List of monuments list of cultural properties in Stans
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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