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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5086,Lat: 47.3906
Elevation	966 meter above sea level
Local time	1:34:24am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Rheintal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altstätten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Altstätten	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 St. Anton	3 km	NorthEast
3 Wald (AR)	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Trogen	3.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Brand	4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	28 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	164 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 311 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 9.8 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 10.6 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 8.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 13.4 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: hill: 15%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 67%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 73 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 11 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.7 km2

37.8%

Agriculture

41.2 km2

52.4%

Urban area

7.7 km2

9.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruppen in country Switzerland

Ruppen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	11 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	48 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	56 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ruppen

Type of weather in Ruppen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam