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Kriens

Base station for the Pilatus aerial cable car; the cogwheel railway to the summit starts across the lake at Alpnachstad.

Population
30 900 (2024)
Rank
No. 26
Canton
LU
Elevation
490 m
Language
German
Water
Near Lake Lucerne

Source: en.wikipedia.org

47.0330° N 8.2830° E · LURelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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chrisaliv, AleksaRohr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0

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