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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5608,Lat: 47.4257
Elevation	887 meter above sea level
Local time	21:42:42pm
Name province/region	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Name Subregion	Vorderland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Reute (AR)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberegg	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Reute (AR)	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lachen	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 St. Anton	2.6 km	SouthWest
5 Heiden	3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	32 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	169 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	351 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 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 6.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 13.9 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 4.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 12.9 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: hill: 21%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 41%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 77 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 6.6 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.5 km2

31.2%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

48.6%

Urban area

15.9 km2

20.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schachen in country Switzerland

Schachen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	14 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	48 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberegg District

Type of weather in Oberegg District	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam