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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0052,Lat: 47.1986
Elevation	414 meter above sea level
Local time	14:34:01pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	See-Gaster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Benken (SG)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kaltbrunn	2.4 km	NorthEast
2 Uznach	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Maseltrangen	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Gommiswald	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Reichenburg	3.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	40 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	122 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	343 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 308 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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 19.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 72%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 45 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.3 km2

14.4%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

57.3 km2

73%

Urban area

9.5 km2

12.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benken (SG) in country Switzerland

Benken (SG) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	36 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	38 km	NorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	56 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Benken

Type of weather in Benken	few clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:31 Europe/Amsterdam