Stans

municipality in, and capital of, the Swiss canton of Nidwalden
Place city_of_switzerland Q63931
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Stans

Summary

Stans is a city of Switzerland[1]. Stans draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_switzerland category, ranking #4 of 6).[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 image is recorded as Ortsmitte Stans.JPG[6].
  • Stans's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[7].
  • Stans's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Stans's instance of is recorded as cantonal capital of Switzerland[9].
  • Stans's official language is recorded as German[10].
  • Stans's flag image is recorded as CHE Stans Flag.svg[11].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Dallenwil[12].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Ennetbürgen[13].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Ennetmoos[14].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Oberdorf[15].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Stansstad[16].
  • Stans's shares border with is recorded as Buochs[17].
  • Stans's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Stans COA.svg[18].
  • Stans's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158314334[19].
  • Stans's GND ID is recorded as 4056942-1[20].
  • Stans's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Stans 2007.png[21].
  • Stans's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83136756[22].
  • Stans's postal code is recorded as 6370[23].
  • Stans's Commons category is recorded as Stans[24].
  • Stans's licence plate code is recorded as NW[25].
  • Stans's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683112[26].
  • Stans's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+8411'}[28], {'amount': '+5669'}[29], {'amount': '+5621'}[30], {'amount': '+5655'}[31], {'amount': '+5796'}[32], and {'amount': '+5872'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Switzerland[7], Municipality of Switzerland[8], and cantonal capital of Switzerland[9].

Why It Matters

Stans draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_switzerland category, ranking #4 of 6).[2] Stans has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Stans is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.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.
  30. [32] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . 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] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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