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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5115,Lat: 46.9795
Elevation	1109 meter above sea level
Local time	13:31:12pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pfäfers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pfäfers	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Bad Ragaz	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Mastrils	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Valens	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Maienfeld	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	18 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	158 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	386 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 281 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 Lünersee (1.5 km² at a height of around 1969 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 9.2 km and direction NorthNorthEast).One of the mountains in Central Eastern Alps , part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.3 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 11.6 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 37%, high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 56 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.6 km2

50.4%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

25.1 km2

31.9%

Viticulture

3.4 km2

4.3%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.2%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Furggels in country Switzerland

Furggels at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	21 km	WestSouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	50 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	59 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mastrils

Type of weather in Mastrils	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam