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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3663,Lat: 46.9574
Elevation	452 meter above sea level
Local time	7:07:06am
Name province/region	Nidwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Stans

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberdorf (NW)	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ennetmoos	2.4 km	West
3 Stansstad	2.9 km	NorthWest
4 Büren nid dem Bach	3.2 km	SouthEast
5 Wiesenberg	3.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	70 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	90 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	339 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 282 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 55 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 33%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 26%, high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.6 km2

26.2%

Nature

8.6 km2

10.9%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

30.8 km2

39.2%

Urban area

7 km2

8.9%

Infrastructure

2.5 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

8.8 km2

11.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stans in country Switzerland

Stans at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	38 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	57 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	67 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Stans
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stans

Type of weather in Stans	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam