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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3446,Lat: 47.3747
Elevation	817 meter above sea level
Local time	23:07:48pm
Name province/region	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Name Subregion	Hinterland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Stein (AR)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Haslen	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Hundwil	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Niederteufen	2.6 km	NorthEast
4 Teufen (AR)	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Schlatt	4.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	29 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	152 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	344 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 319 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 15.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 5.9 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 18.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 18.2 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 55%, The hills are mainly northern 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 61 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 20 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21 km2

26.8%

Agriculture

46.5 km2

59.1%

Urban area

11.1 km2

14.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stein (AR) in country Switzerland

Stein (AR) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	42 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	51 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hundwil

Type of weather in Hundwil	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam