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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3358,Lat: 47.1379
Elevation	1544 meter above sea level
Local time	8:48:17am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Walenstadt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tscherlach	2.3 km	South
2 Walenstadt	2.6 km	SouthWest
3 Berschis	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Flums	5.1 km	South
5 Mols	5.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	14 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	145 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	364 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 303 km (direction SouthEast).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 2.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 14 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 20.9 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 17%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 53%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 69 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.8 km2

35.4%

Nature

24.2 km2

30.8%

Agriculture

14.1 km2

17.9%

Urban area

3.2 km2

Rock-Sand

6.1 km2

7.8%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lüsis in country Switzerland

Lüsis at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	25 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	32 km	North
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	66 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Walenstadt

Type of weather in Walenstadt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam