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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4784,Lat: 47.1675
Elevation	438 meter above sea level
Local time	17:07:58pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	St. Gallen
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Werdenberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Buchs (SG)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schaan	2.4 km	East
2 Grabs	3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vaduz	4.4 km	SouthEast
4 Haag	4.8 km	North
5 Gams	4.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	4.4 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	157 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	368 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 296 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 Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 4.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss 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 Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 12.1 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 59%, low mountains: 21%, moderate high mountains: 19%, high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 77 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 36 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.6 km2

28.8%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

39.8 km2

50.6%

Urban area

14 km2

17.8%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buchs (SG) in country Switzerland

Buchs (SG) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	29 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	33 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	67 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buchs

Type of weather in Buchs	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam