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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4768,Lat: 46.9517
Elevation	1038 meter above sea level
Local time	17:16:11pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pfäfers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vadura	0.9 km	NorthEast
2 Valens	1.8 km	North
3 Furggels	4.1 km	NorthEast
4 Pfäfers	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Untervaz	5.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	21 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	155 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	386 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 282 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 Lünersee (1.5 km² at a height of around 1969 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ringelspitz with a height of 3247 meter (at a distance of 11.8 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 15.7 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 6%, moderate high mountains: 43%, high mountains: 51%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. 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 90 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.6 km2

51.6%

Nature

21.4 km2

27.2%

Agriculture

13.9 km2

17.7%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vasön in country Switzerland

Vasön at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	18 km	WestSouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	53 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	58 km	SouthSouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valens

Type of weather in Valens	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	40 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam