FurggelsGeneral 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 | 0:14:58am |
| Name province/region (Kanton) | St. Gallen | | Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis) | Sarganserland | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Pfäfers |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
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Distance |
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| 1 Vaduz | 
Liechtenstein | 18 km | 
North
| | 2 Bern | Switzerland | 158 km | 
West
| | 3 Luxembourg | 
Luxembourg | 386 km | 
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe 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)
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 |
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| Nature |
2.1 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
25.1 km2 |
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| Viticulture |
3.4 km2 |
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| Urban area |
6.5 km2 |
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| Water - Lakes |
1.1 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Furggels in country Switzerland
Furggels at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Social media - Maps
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