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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0467,Lat: 47.1607
Elevation	405 meter above sea level
Local time	17:03:14pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	See-Gaster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schänis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rufi	2.2 km	North
2 Ziegelbrücke	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Maseltrangen	3.3 km	North
4 Niederurnen	4 km	South
5 Weesen	4.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	36 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	124 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	348 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 304 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 4.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 24.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 46%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly western 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
Landwirtschaftlich geprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'agriculture

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.8 km2

41.7%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

48.5%

Urban area

5 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schänis in country Switzerland

Schänis at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	31 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	38 km	NorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	60 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schänis

Type of weather in Schänis	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	30 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam