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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.203,Lat: 47.3951
Elevation	720 meter above sea level
Local time	4:29:37am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Wil
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Flawil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wolfertswil	1.5 km	West
2 Egg	1.8 km	East
3 Flawil	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Magdenau	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 Degersheim	2.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	37 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	142 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	335 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 329 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 21.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 13.5 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 27.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 68%, moderate high mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 29 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.3 km2

30.9%

Agriculture

45.8 km2

58.3%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alterschwil in country Switzerland

Alterschwil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	14 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	35 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	53 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Alterschwil
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Flawil

Type of weather in Flawil	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam