Sachseln
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sachseln | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||
| Population | 4,430 (December 2003) | |||||||||
| - Density | 82 /km² (213 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 53.86 km² (20.8 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 483 m (1,585 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 6072 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 1406 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by (view map) |
Giswil, Kerns, Lungern, Sarnen | |||||||||
| Website | www.sachseln.ch | |||||||||
![Sachseln [zoom] (Switzerland)](../../../../images/shared/thumb/c/cf/Karte_Schweiz.png/265px-Karte_Schweiz.png)
![Sachseln [zoom]](../../../../images/shared/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png){kind=small}
Sachseln is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.
It has a population of about 4400, of which 500 are non-Swiss (2000 census).
There are 260 local businesses which employ 2100 people. 12% of these are in the agricultural sector, 60% in trade and industry, 28% in services.
The main sights of Sacheln are: the local saint Bruder Klaus (place of birth, place of residence, museum, crust Flüeli-Ranft), a church of pilgrimage, the school building Mattli, and the geographical centre of Switzerland Aelggi.
[edit] External links
- Sachseln in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
|
|||||||
