WangsGeneral information - Location
| Country | Switzerland | | Location in country | 
East | | Location in Europe | Central Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: 9.4313,Lat: 47.0318  |
| Elevation | 530 meter above sea level | | Local time | 21:57:21pm |
| Name province/region (Kanton) | St. Gallen | | Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis) | Sarganserland | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Vilters-Wangs |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
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Country |
Distance |
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| 1 Vaduz | 
Liechtenstein | 14 km | 
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| | 2 Bern | Switzerland | 152 km | 
West
| | 3 Luxembourg | 
Luxembourg | 377 km | 
NorthWest
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 13.9 km in NorthWestern direction).
The nearest mountain is Falknis with a height of 2560 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction EastNorthEast).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 4.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 13.7 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 29%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 51 km in Northern direction).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
32.3 km2 |
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| Nature |
9.5 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
28.9 km2 |
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| Urban area |
6.7 km2 |
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| Rock-Sand |
0.5 km2 |
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| Water - Lakes |
0.5 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Wangs in country Switzerland
Wangs at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Social media - Maps
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