Au (SG)General information - Location
| Country | Switzerland | | Location in country | 
East | | Location in Europe | Central Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: 9.6342,Lat: 47.4312  |
| Elevation | 564 meter above sea level | | Local time | 3:24:38am |
| Name province/region (Kanton) | St. Gallen | | Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis) | Rheintal | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Au (SG) |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
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Distance |
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| 1 Vaduz | 
Liechtenstein | 33 km | 
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| | 2 Bern | Switzerland | 175 km | 
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| | 3 Luxembourg | 
Luxembourg | 355 km | 
NorthWest
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 308 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Bodensee (30.9 km2 at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.4 km in Northern direction).
The nearest mountain is Hoher Freschen with a height of 2004 meter (at a distance of 17.6 km and direction SouthEast).
The most nearby international border is the
Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 0.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 13.6 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 75%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 8.2 km in NorthWestern direction).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
10.7 km2 |
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| Wet nature |
1.3 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
36.4 km2 |
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| Urban area |
29.1 km2 |
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| Water - Lakes |
0.9 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Au (SG) in country Switzerland
Au (SG) at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Social media - Maps
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