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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.6078,Lat: 47.4071
Elevation	518 meter above sea level
Local time	14:29:14pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Rheintal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Balgach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Widnau	2 km	East
2 Berneck	2 km	North
3 Rebstein	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Reute (AR)	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Marbach (SG)	3.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	30 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	172 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	355 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 307 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 9.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hoher Freschen with a height of 2004 meter (at a distance of 17 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 3.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.6 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 15.4 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 66%, low mountains: 21%, moderate high mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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)

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 9.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

17.4%

Agriculture

41.4 km2

52.7%

Urban area

22.9 km2

29.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balgach in country Switzerland

Balgach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	17 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	52 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Balgach
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balgach

Type of weather in Balgach	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam