Gersau

Gersau
Location of Gersau
Gersau
Gersau
Coordinates: 46°59′N 8°31′E / 46.983°N 8.517°E / 46.983; 8.517
CountrySwitzerland
CantonSchwyz
DistrictGersau
Area
  Total
23.70 km2 (9.15 sq mi)
Elevation
435 m (1,427 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total
2,319
  Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6442
SFOS number1311
ISO 3166 codeCH-SZ
Surrounded byArth, Beckenried (NW), Buochs (NW), Emmetten (NW), Ennetbürgen (NW), Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Vitznau (LU)
Websitewww.gersau.ch
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Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Gersau was for many centuries an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation.