Dallenwil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

History

Dallenwil is first mentioned about 1199-1210 as Tellewilare or Telliwilare. In 1850 it was known as Thalwyl and it wasn't until 1913 that it became Dallenwil. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.7%). the gender distribution of the population was 51.0% male and 49.0% female.

there are 607 households, of which 336 households (or about 55.4%) contain only one or two individuals. 82 or about 13.5% are large households, with at least five members.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 81.6% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (15.1%).

{| class="wikitable"

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! year

! population

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| 1850

| 731

|-

| 1900

| 612

|-

| 1950

| 869

|-

| 1980

| 1,142

|-

| 1990

| 1,508

|-

| 2000

| 1,732

|-

| 2005

| 1,756

|-

|}

Transport

Dallenwil is served by Dallenwil station on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Lucerne S-Bahn S4 service provides two trains per hour to and from Lucerne, and the hourly InterRegio service between Lucerne and Engelberg also stops in Stans.

Sights

The main sights of Dallenwil are the ski and summer resort Wiesenberg/Wirzweli, the church St. Laurentius, and the pilgrimage chapel Wiesenberg.

References

  • Dallenwil.ch official website