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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8863,Lat: 47.2316
Elevation	434 meter above sea level
Local time	7:35:08am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	See-Gaster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rapperswil-Jona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bollingen	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ermenswil	1.5 km	North
3 Eschenbach (SG)	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Nuolen	3.1 km	South
5 Rüti (ZH)	4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	49 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	114 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	334 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 1.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 16 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 45.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 64 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 69%, low mountains: 31%, The hills are mainly southern 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
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 36 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.4 km2

22.1%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

29.4 km2

37.4%

Urban area

14.2 km2

18.1%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

14.6 km2

18.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wagen in country Switzerland

Wagen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	43 km	EastNorthEast
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	45 km	SouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	52 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rapperswil-Jona

Type of weather in Rapperswil-Jona	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam