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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.478,Lat: 46.9682
Elevation	1069 meter above sea level
Local time	21:34:29pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	St. Gallen
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pfäfers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vadura	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vasön	1.8 km	South
3 Furggels	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Pfäfers	3.1 km	NorthEast
5 Bad Ragaz	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	19 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	155 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	385 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 283 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 21.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 11.7 km and direction NorthEast).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 9.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 14.2 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 13%, moderate high mountains: 42%, high mountains: 44%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.2 km2

52.4%

Nature

19.3 km2

24.6%

Agriculture

14.4 km2

18.4%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valens in country Switzerland

Valens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	18 km	WestSouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	51 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	59 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valens

Type of weather in Valens	snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam