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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4495,Lat: 47.3613
Elevation	972 meter above sea level
Local time	17:36:36pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gais
Other place with same name 1	Gais Baden-Württemberg - Freiburg
Other place with same name 2	Gais Vorarlberg - Bludenz
Other place with same name 3	Gais Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - Bolzano#Bozen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bühler	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Eggerstanden	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Schlatt	4.1 km	West
4 Appenzell	4.7 km	SouthWest
5 Steinegg	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	25 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	159 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	351 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 312 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 (Lac de Constance) (156.6 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 8.8 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 10.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 11.8 km (direction SouthSouthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 10%, moderate high mountains: 90%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 69 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.1 km2

35.8%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

44.9 km2

57.2%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gais in country Switzerland

Gais at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	8.8 km	NorthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	48 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	52 km	SouthSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gais

Type of weather in Gais	snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam