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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5301,Lat: 47.443
Elevation	853 meter above sea level
Local time	9:21:25am
Name province/region	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Name Subregion	Vorderland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Heiden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grub (AR)	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Wolfhalden	2 km	NorthEast
3 Wienacht	2.5 km	North
4 Oberegg	2.9 km	SouthEast
5 Schachen	3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	34 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	167 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	348 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 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 4.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 11.7 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 5.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.5 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 11.2 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: hill: 17%, low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 54%, 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
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 74 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 5.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.7 km2

30.2%

Agriculture

38.4 km2

48.8%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

13.6 km2

17.3%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heiden in country Switzerland

Heiden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	12 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	45 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	62 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heiden

Type of weather in Heiden	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam