What is Stans?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Stans | image_photo = Ortsmitte Stans.JPG | image_caption = View of Stans | municipality_name = Stans | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Stans COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Stans.png | languages = German | canton = Nidwalden | iso-code-region = CH-NW | district = n.a. |coordinates = {{coord|46|57|N|8|21|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6370 | municipality_code = 1509 | area = 11.08 | elevation = 452|elevation_description= | population = 7353|populationof = December 2003 | popofyear = 2003 | website = www.stans.ch | mayor = Gregor Schwander|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=CVP | mayor_title = Gemeindepräsident |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Buochs]], [[Dallenwil]], [[Ennetbürgen]], [[Ennetmoos]], [[Oberdorf, Nidwalden|Oberdorf]], [[Stansstad]] | twintowns = }} [[File:Picswiss NW-26-06.jpg|thumb|left|A [[hotel]] in Stans]] '''Stans''' is the [[capital city]] of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Nidwalden]] in [[Switzerland]]. It has a [[population]] of 7,300 people. The area of Stans is 11&nbsp;[[Square kilometre|km²]]. == History == Stans was first noted in 1172. In 1798, it was [[wikt:attack|attacked]] by [[France|French]] [[soldier|troops]], followed the decision of Nidwalden not to adapt a new constitution. [[Child]]ren whose [[parent]]s were killed by this event were gathered by the teacher [[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi]] for his first [[school]]. The open-air assembly (''Landsgemeinde'') was held in Stans each year until 1997. == Sights == The main sights of Stans are: * The [[Stanserhorn]] (1900m) [[mountain]] and [[tourism|tourist resort]] * The Stanserhornbahn: A [[cable car]] which takes people from the base of the mountain to the hotel at the top. It was first built in 1893. * The main square (''Dorfplatz'') * Saint Peter and Paul [[church]]: built from 1641 to 1647 with a [[Ancient Rome|Romanesque]] [[tower]] * The Sain