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
 (December 2020)
 • Total
2,364
 • Density99.75/km2 (258.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
6442
SFOS number1311
ISO 3166 codeCH-SZ
Surrounded byArth, Beckenried (NW), Buochs (NW), Emmetten (NW), Ennetbürgen (NW), Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Vitznau (LU)
Websitewww.gersau.ch

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.