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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3128,Lat: 47.1206
Elevation	422 meter above sea level
Local time	7:18:22am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Walenstadt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tscherlach	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lüsis	2.6 km	NorthEast
3 Mols	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Berschis	3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Flums	3.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	16 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	143 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	364 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 302 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, 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 0.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 16 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 13.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 23.3 km (direction EastSouthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 28%, high mountains: 30%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 69 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 45 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.1 km2

33.3%

Nature

13.6 km2

17.3%

Agriculture

21.8 km2

27.8%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Rock-Sand

5.1 km2

6.4%

Water - Lakes

6.6 km2

8.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Walenstadt in country Switzerland

Walenstadt at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	23 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	34 km	North
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	67 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Walenstadt

Type of weather in Walenstadt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam