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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.244,Lat: 47.3849
Elevation	779 meter above sea level
Local time	22:17:11pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Hinterland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Herisau
Other place with same name 1	Schachen Hessen - Kassel
Other place with same name 2	Schachen Baden-Württemberg - Freiburg
Other place with same name 3	Schachen Baden-Württemberg - Tübingen
Other place with same name 4	Schachen Solothurn - Gösgen
Other place with same name 5	Schachen Appenzell Ausserrhoden - Vorderland
Other place with same name 6	Schachen Luzern - Entlebuch
Other place with same name 7	Schachen Oberösterreich - Vöcklabruck

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Egg	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Herisau	2.5 km	East
3 Alterschwil	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Gossau (SG)	3.4 km	North
5 Degersheim	3.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	34 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	145 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	338 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 326 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 19.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 10.9 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 25.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 54%, moderate high mountains: 46%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 26 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.1 km2

25.6%

Agriculture

44.8 km2

57%

Urban area

13.6 km2

17.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schachen in country Switzerland

Schachen 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	EastNorthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	37 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	52 km	South

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