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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4413,Lat: 47.204
Elevation	543 meter above sea level
Local time	14:58:34pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Werdenberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gams

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grabs	2.5 km	South
2 Haag	3.6 km	East
3 Buchs (SG)	4.9 km	SouthEast
4 Gamprin	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Eschen	6.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	9.3 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	154 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	363 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 301 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 13.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 9.2 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 10 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 44%, low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
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 WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 32 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.8 km2

21.3%

Nature

7.2 km2

9.2%

Agriculture

46 km2

58.5%

Urban area

7.4 km2

9.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gams in country Switzerland

Gams at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	25 km	North
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	35 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	62 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gams

Type of weather in Gams	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam