Lachen: facts

At a glance

• Country: Switzerland
• Region: Schwyz
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 8,754
• Coordinates: 47.1922° N, 8.8532° E
• Time zone: Europe/Zurich (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Franc (CHF)
• Distance to the capital, Bern: 110 km (68 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Zürich Airport (ZRH): 37 km (23 mi), straight line
• Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH): 62 km (39 mi), straight line
• Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH, Germany): 73 km (45 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Altendorf: 1.2 km (0.7 mi)
• Jona: 4.3 km (2.7 mi)
• Rapperswil: 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
• Schmerikon: 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
• Einsiedeln: 11 km (7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Zuerich, 30 km (19 mi)