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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3425,Lat: 47.0919
Elevation	463 meter above sea level
Local time	2:17:21am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Flums

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Portels	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Berschis	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Tscherlach	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Walenstadt	3.9 km	NorthWest
5 Lüsis	5.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	15 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	145 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	368 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 299 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 4.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 14.6 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 20.4 km (direction East).
Elevation around place: hill: 21%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 73 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 47 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.8 km2

44.4%

Nature

7.7 km2

9.8%

Agriculture

30.1 km2

38.3%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Flums in country Switzerland

Flums at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	21 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	37 km	North
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	71 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Flums

Type of weather in Flums	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam