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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.045,Lat: 47.2644
Elevation	808 meter above sea level
Local time	14:17:56pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	St. Gallen
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	See-Gaster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gommiswald

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Walde	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Gebertingen	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gommiswald	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Rüeterswil	4.4 km	West
5 Ernetschwil	4.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	39 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	127 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	339 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 316 km (direction South).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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 14.2 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 34.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 65%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 43 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.4 km2

42.6%

Agriculture

41.9 km2

53.4%

Urban area

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ricken in country Switzerland

Ricken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	31 km	NorthEast
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	42 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	48 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ricken

Type of weather in Ricken	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam