The Canton of Nidwalden, also called Nidwald, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation, in the centre of Switzerland. It is composed of eleven municipalities, and the seat of its government and parliament is Stans, which is also its largest town, followed by Hergiswil and Buochs. It is traditionally considered a half-canton, the other half being Obwalden, and the two together were part of the forest canton of Unterwalden, one of the three participants in the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The canton lies essentially in the Alps, south of Lake Lucerne, and covers 276.1 square kilometres. The earliest traces of human settlement date to the Neolithic, and it had 43,520 inhabitants at the end of 2020.
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Area (sq km) Connections
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1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deCantons table, population estimate of 2020-12-31
Nidwalden NW Stans 276 28,617 33,044 37,235 41,024 43,520 45,660
On Continent: Europe, Page header, Europe, Switzerland
Europe → Switzerland
View the Source 2. Nidwalden (Wikipedia)
Geography
The area of the canton is 276.1 square kilometers
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
Nidwalden lies in Central Switzerland.
Has Capital: Stans, Lead
the seat of the government and parliament is in Stans
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