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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2767,Lat: 47.3894
Elevation	738 meter above sea level
Local time	17:43:51pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Hinterland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Herisau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schachen	2.5 km	West
2 Waldstatt	3.5 km	South
3 Gossau (SG)	3.6 km	NorthWest
4 Egg	3.9 km	West
5 Hundwil	4.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	33 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	147 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	339 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 324 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 17.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 8.5 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 23.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 23.3 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 66%, moderate high mountains: 34%, The hills are mainly northern 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 56 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.3 km2

24.6%

Agriculture

44.7 km2

56.9%

Urban area

14.5 km2

18.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Herisau in country Switzerland

Herisau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	8.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	38 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	53 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Herisau

Type of weather in Herisau	snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam