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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4452,Lat: 47.0441
Elevation	466 meter above sea level
Local time	22:04:19pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sargans

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Prod	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Wangs	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Mels	2 km	West
4 Heiligkreuz	2.7 km	NorthWest
5 Azmoos	4.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	12 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	153 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	377 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 9.5 km and direction East).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 2.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.5 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 12.4 km (direction East).
Elevation around place: hill: 37%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 30%, high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 50 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.9 km2

40.6%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

31.7 km2

40.4%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

9 km2

11.4%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sargans in country Switzerland

Sargans at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	21 km	SouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	42 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	68 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sargans

Type of weather in Sargans	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	05:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam