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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9479,Lat: 47.2265
Elevation	432 meter above sea level
Local time	3:54:30am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	See-Gaster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schmerikon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eschenbach (SG)	2.5 km	NorthWest
2 Bürg	2.5 km	North
3 Tuggen	2.6 km	South
4 Uznach	2.8 km	East
5 Bollingen	4.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	45 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	118 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	338 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 16 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 41.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 59%, low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.2 km2

18%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

46.9 km2

59.6%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schmerikon in country Switzerland

Schmerikon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	39 km	EastNorthEast
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	41 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	53 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schmerikon

Type of weather in Schmerikon	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam