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Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS
The remotest municipalities in canton Nidwalden
Stansstad is the remotest municipality in canton Nidwalden: 127 minutes by public transport to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). Emmetten (121 min) and Ennetmoos (111 min) follow. Source: ARE, National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), 2025.
Ranking
ARE · NPVM · 2025| Rank | Municipality | PT travel time | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stansstad | 127 min | 4'916 |
| 2 | Emmetten | 121 min | 1'691 |
| 3 | Ennetmoos | 111 min | 2'313 |
| 4 | Buochs | 110 min | 5'607 |
| 5 | Ennetbürgen | 110 min | 5'361 |
| 6 | Wolfenschiessen | 107 min | 2'174 |
| 7 | Dallenwil | 105 min | 1'856 |
| 8 | Oberdorf | 105 min | 3'095 |
| 9 | Beckenried | 98 min | 3'770 |
| 10 | Stans | 94 min | 8'565 |
| 11 | Hergiswil | 86 min | 6'316 |
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026
How we measure this
ARE · NPVMModelled public-transport travel time from the municipality to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, in minutes (including access and egress). Basis: the ARE National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), reference state 2025. The NPVM is divided into traffic zones; each municipality is assigned the zone at its populated centre. A higher value means a longer trip to the nearest centre.
Frequently asked questions
- Which municipality in canton Nidwalden is the remotest?
- Stansstad: 127 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the highest value in canton Nidwalden. Source: ARE (NPVM).
- How is the travel time measured?
- It is the modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich), computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model. It includes access, egress and transfers, refers to the {year} timetable, and measures connectivity, not straight-line distance.