UrnäschGeneral information - Location
| Country | Switzerland | | Location in country | 
East | | Location in Europe | Central Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: 9.2833,Lat: 47.318  |
| Elevation | 1005 meter above sea level | | Local time | 23:54:39pm |
| Name province/region (Kanton) | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | | Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis) | Hinterland | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Urnäsch |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
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Country |
Distance |
Direction |
| 1 Vaduz | 
Liechtenstein | 27 km | 
SouthEast
| | 2 Bern | Switzerland | 146 km | 
WestSouthWest
| | 3 Luxembourg | 
Luxembourg | 346 km | 
NorthWest
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 318 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 21 km in Southern direction).
The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 13.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast).
The most nearby international border is the
Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 19.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 19.5 km (direction EastSouthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 2%, moderate high mountains: 94%, high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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)
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 28 km in NorthEastern direction).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
27.1 km2 |
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| Nature |
1.1 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
47.4 km2 |
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| Urban area |
2.9 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Urnäsch in country Switzerland
Urnäsch at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Social media - Maps
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