Sarnen information

Sarnen
Sarnen
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Sarnen
	Sarnen Sarnen
	Coordinates: 46°53′46″N 8°14′44″E / 46.89611°N 8.24556°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Obwalden
District	n.a.
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat ; with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident; Jürg Berlinger; (as of 2018)
• Parliament	none (Gemeindeversammlung)
Area
• Total	70.01 km2 (27.03 sq mi)
Elevation (Dorfkapelle)	471 m (1,545 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	10,368
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Sarner(in)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6056 Kägiswil, 6060 Sarnen, 6060 Ramersberg, 6062 Wilen, 6063 Stalden
SFOS number	1407
ISO 3166 code	CH-OW
Localities	Sarnen-Dorfschaft, Kägiswil, Schwendi/Wilen, and Ramersberg
Surrounded by	Alpnach, Entlebuch (LU), Flühli (LU), Giswil, Hasle (LU), Kerns, Sachseln
Website	www.sarnen.ch ; SFSO statistics

Sarnen is a small historic town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Obwalden situated on the northern shores of Lake Sarnen (German: Sarnersee) in Switzerland. It has a population of just over 10,000 and is surrounded by countryside and mountains. Sarnen is located 20 km south of Lucerne.

The official language of Sarnen is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.

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Sarnen
Municipality

Flag Coat of arms
Location of Sarnen
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Coordinates: 46°53′46″N 8°14′44″E / 46.89611°N 8.24556°E / 46.89611; 8.24556
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Obwalden
District	n.a.
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Jürg Berlinger (as of 2018)
• Parliament	none (Gemeindeversammlung)
Area ^[1]
• Total	70.01 km² (27.03 sq mi)
Elevation (Dorfkapelle)	471 m (1,545 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)^[2]
• Total	10,368
• Density	150/km² (380/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Sarner(in)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6056 Kägiswil, 6060 Sarnen, 6060 Ramersberg, 6062 Wilen, 6063 Stalden
SFOS number	1407
ISO 3166 code	CH-OW
Localities	Sarnen-Dorfschaft, Kägiswil, Schwendi/Wilen, and Ramersberg
Surrounded by	Alpnach, Entlebuch (LU), Flühli (LU), Giswil, Hasle (LU), Kerns, Sachseln
Website	www.sarnen.ch SFSO statistics