Schaan (German pronunciation: [ʃaːn] ⓘ; dialectal: Schaa)[2] is the largest municipality of Liechtenstein by population.

Representing an important traffic hub and industrial location of the country, Schaan covers an area of 26.92 km2 (10.39 sq mi), including mountains and forest.

In the 1st century AD, a military road was built from Milan to Bregenz, running along the Luzisteig on the right bank of the Rhine.

Bearing the engraved names of the legionaries Publius Cavidius Felix and Numerius Pomponius and dated to the 1st century AD, it is likely that they were intended as a variety of commemoration of the two men.

The most important Roman building on the territory of the municipality is a fort built in the valley, whose purpose was to afford protection against the ever more frequent Alemannic invasions.

It is bordered to the south by the capital, Vaduz, to the east by Planken and Triesenberg, and to the north by the municipalities of Eschen and Gamprin.

In the west, the Rhine forms the natural border with Switzerland, and in the east, the town is dominated by the Drei Schwestern mountain range.

It is situated on the international and electrified Feldkirch-Buchs line, between the station of Buchs SG (in Switzerland) and the stop of Forst Hilti (in the northern suburb of Schaan).