{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Stansstad | image_photo = 6476 - Stansstad - Bahnhofstrasse.JPG | municipality_type = village | district = n.a. | imagepath_coa = CHE Stansstad COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Stansstad Flag.svg | canton = Nidwalden | iso-code-region = CH-NW |coordinates = {{coord|46|58.602|N|8|20.403|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6362 | municipality_code = 1510 | area = 17.11 | elevation = 436|elevation_description= | population = 4396 | populationof = Dec 2015 | popofyear = 2015 | website = www.stansstad.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Alpnach]] (OW), [[Ennetbürgen]], [[Ennetmoos]], [[Hergiswil, Nidwalden|Hergiswil]], [[Horw]] (LU), [[Meggen]] (LU), [[Stans]], [[Weggis]] (LU) | twintowns = }}
'''Stansstad''' is a [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Nidwalden]] in [[Switzerland]].
==Geography== [[File:Stansstad mit Vierwaldstaettersee.JPG|thumb|left|Stansstad and [[Lake Lucerne]]]] [[File:ETH-BIB-Stansstad mit Brücke gegen den Lopperberg-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-001613.tif|thumb|Aerial view by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1919)]] Stansstad has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of {{Swiss area|1510|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|1510|QUELLE}} Of this area, about 32.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 2.4% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of {{convert|80|ha|acre|abbr=on}} or about 8.8% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of {{convert|15|ha|acre|abbr=on}} over the 1981/82 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by {{convert|1|ha|acre|abbr=on}} and is now about 0.99% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, {{convert|10|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is used for orchards and vineyards and {{convert|307|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is fields and grasslands. Since 1981/82 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by {{convert|24|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. Rivers and lakes cover {{convert|9|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in the municipality.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung.gnpdetail.2016-0436.html |title=Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen |date=24 November 2016 |website=www.landuse-stat.admin.ch |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=SFSO2016>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.328115.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits] accessed 27 October 2016</ref>
==Demographics== Stansstad has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-NW}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-NW|1510}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-NW}} {{as of|2014}}, 15.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 a small minority (234 or 5.3% of the population) was born in Germany.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.325718.html Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (Land)] accessed 31 October 2016</ref> Over the last 4 years (2010-2014) the population has changed at a rate of -1.44%. The [[birth rate]] in the municipality, in 2014, was 9.1, while the [[death rate]] was 8.0 per thousand residents.<ref name=SFSO2016/>
{{as of|2014}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 14.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 63.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 22.6%.<ref name=SFSO2016/> In 2015 there were 1,800 single residents, 1,950 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 222 widows or widowers and 424 divorced residents.<ref>[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort] {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 September 2016</ref>
In 2014 there were 2,131 private households in Stansstad with an average household size of 2.03 persons. Of the 629 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 34.5% were single family homes and 39.6% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 13.7% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 14.8% were built between 1991 and 2000.<ref name=Housing>[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 5 May 2016</ref> In 2013 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 1.36. The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2015|alt=in 2015}}, was 2.7%.<ref name=SFSO2016/>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (90.1%), with Italian being second most common (2.1%) and Albanian being third (1.5%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 04-Sep-2009</ref>
==Historical population== The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref>[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 27 April 2016</ref> <timeline> Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width: auto height:200 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:40 bottom:20 right:35 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:5000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:250 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width: 35 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:778 text:"778" bar:1860 from:start till:752 text:"752" bar:1870 from:start till:755 text:"755" bar:1880 from:start till:760 text:"760" bar:1888 from:start till:836 text:"836" bar:1900 from:start till:851 text:"851" bar:1910 from:start till:925 text:"925" bar:1920 from:start till:859 text:"859" bar:1930 from:start till:1032 text:"1,032" bar:1941 from:start till:1174 text:"1,174" bar:1950 from:start till:1318 text:"1,318" bar:1960 from:start till:1738 text:"1,738" bar:1970 from:start till:2469 text:"2,469" bar:1980 from:start till:3104 text:"3,104" bar:1990 from:start till:3785 text:"3,785" bar:2000 from:start till:4325 text:"4,325" bar:2010 from:start till:4440 text:"4,440" bar:2014 from:start till:4381 text:"4,381" </timeline>
==Politics== In the [[2015 Swiss federal election|2015 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 83.8% of the vote, followed by local parties with the remaining 16.2%. In the federal election, a total of 1,805 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 55.0%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802003536/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html |date=2016-08-02 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 18 July 2016</ref>
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] which received 88.6% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes were given to local, small [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] parties (10.8%).<ref name=SFSO/>
==Education== In Stansstad about 77.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>
==Economy== Stansstad is a high-income community. The municipality is part of the regional center of Stans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/querschnittsthemen/raeumliche-analysen/raeumliche-gliederungen/analyseregionen.assetdetail.335600.html|title=Die Raumgliederungen der Schweiz 2016 |publisher= Swiss Federal Statistical Office |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it, en |date=17 February 2016 |accessdate= 14 December 2016}}</ref>
{{as of|2014|In 2014}}, there were a total of 2,163 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 74 people worked in 26 businesses in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]]. The [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] employed 525 workers in 63 separate businesses. A minority (26.1%) of the secondary sector employees worked in very small businesses. There were 10 small businesses with a total of 198 employees and two mid sized businesses with a total of 190 employees. Finally, the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]] provided 1,564 jobs in 355 businesses. There were 20 small businesses with a total of 495 employees and two mid sized businesses with a total of 222 employees.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.331681.html Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse] accessed 31 October 2016</ref>
In 2014 a total of 1.4% of the population received social assistance.<ref name=SFSO2016/>
In 2015 local hotels had a total of 19,501 overnight stays, of which 51.8% were international visitors.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.252702.html Federal Statistical Office - Hotellerie: Ankünfte und Logiernächte der geöffneten Betriebe] accessed 31 October 2016</ref>
==Transport== Stansstad is served by [[Stansstad railway station|Stansstad station]] on the [[Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line|Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line]], on which the [[Lucerne S-Bahn]] [[S4 (Lucerne S-Bahn)|S4]] service provides two trains per hour. The village is also served by [[PostBus Switzerland|post bus]] services, including services to [[Bürgenstock]], [[Stans]] and [[Büren, Nidwalden|Büren]], and by shipping services of the [[Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees]] on [[Lake Lucerne]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2013/3601.pdf | title = Luzern–Alpnachstad (Vierwaldstättersee) | publisher = Bundesamt für Verkehr | accessdate = 2013-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2013/480.pdf | title = Luzern–Stans–Engelberg | publisher = Bundesamt für Verkehr | accessdate = 2013-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2013/60.321.pdf | title = Stansstad–Obbürgen–Bürgenstock (Linie 321)| publisher = Bundesamt für Verkehr | accessdate = 2013-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2013/60.323.pdf | title = BürenNW–Oberdorf NW–Stans–Stansstad (Linie 323) | publisher = Bundesamt für Verkehr | accessdate = 2013-01-18}}</ref>
[[Fürigenbahn]] was a [[funicular]] that led from Harissenbucht to the hotel at Fürigen (1924-2005).
==Sights== [[File:Stansstad.jpg|thumb|Stansstad waterfront]] The main sights of Stansstad are a museum of the fortifications, a tower (''[[Schnitzturm]]''), and the chapel ''Marie Linden'' in Kehrsiten.
===Heritage sites of national significance=== The prehistoric lakeside settlement at Kehrsiten and the Teller/Palisaden and Schnitzturm, all part of the medieval fortifications are listed as Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|title=KGS-Inventar|year=2009|work=KGS Inventar|publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection|language=German|access-date=12 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|archive-date=28 June 2010}}</ref> The prehistoric settlement is part of the [[Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]] a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref name=UNESCO>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]</ref>
==References== {{Commons category|Stansstad}} {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
{{Municipalities of the canton of Nidwalden}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Stansstad| ]] [[Category:Municipalities of Nidwalden]] [[Category:Populated places on Lake Lucerne]]