Canton · NW
Nidwalden
11 municipalities.
- residents, 2025
- 45’664
- km² of land
- 241
- residents per km²
- 189
- Building insurance
- Compulsory, with Nidwaldner Sachversicherung (the canton’s own insurer).0.46 ‰ of the insured value a year, plus the 5% federal stamp duty on the premium: CHF 475 per CHF 1 million.Prämienreglement NG 867.111 § 6 para. 2, read 12.10.2026; Prämienreglement NG 867.111 § 10, read 12.10.2026
| Stans | — | 8’565 | 11.08 | 773 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hergiswil (NW) | — | 6’316 | 14.30 | 442 |
| Buochs | — | 5’607 | 9.96 | 563 |
| Ennetbürgen | — | 5’361 | 9.32 | 575 |
| Stansstad | — | 4’916 | 9.07 | 542 |
| Beckenried | — | 3’770 | 24.24 | 156 |
| Oberdorf (NW) | — | 3’095 | 16.20 | 191 |
| Ennetmoos | — | 2’313 | 14.07 | 164 |
| Wolfenschiessen | — | 2’174 | 92.70 | 23 |
| Dallenwil | — | 1’856 | 15.47 | 120 |
| Emmetten | — | 1’691 | 24.92 | 68 |
Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.