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Stans
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| Canton | Nidwalden |
| District | n.a. |
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| Population | 7353 (December 2003) |
| Area | 11.08 km² |
| Elevation | 452 m |
| Postal code | 6370 |
| SFOS number | 1509 |
| Website | www.stans.ch |
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Stans is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland. It has a population of 7300, 12% of which is of foreign nationality (2002). The area of Stans is 11 km².
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Stans was first mentioned in 1172. In 1798 it was stormed by French troops, followed the decision of Nidwalden not to adapt a new constitution. Children orphaned by this event were gathered by the educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi for his first school. The open-air assembly (Landsgemeinde) was held in Stans annually until its abolition in 1997.
There are 650 local businesses which employ 6900 people. 2% of these are in the agricultural sector, 37% in trade and industry, 61% in services.
The main sights of Stans are: the Stanserhorn (1900m) mountain and tourist resort, accessible via one of the oldest mountain railways in Switzerland, the Stanserhornbahn (1893), and by cable car; the main square (Dorfplatz); the parish church, St. Peter und Paul (built 1641 - 1647) with a Romanesque tower; the monastery St. Klara; a monument for the local hero Arnold von Winkelried and his birth place (Winkelriedhaus); a Capucin monastery; a salt storage house and an old alleyway (Schmiedgasse).
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