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Schaan

General information - Location

Country	Liechtenstein
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5095,Lat: 47.1692
Elevation	441 meter above sea level
Local time	14:00:01pm
Population	6000 (largest city in country)
Name province/region (Gemeinde)	Schaan
Wiki-website Subregion ()
Other place with same name 1	Schaan Nordrhein-Westfalen - Düsseldorf

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Buchs (SG)	2.4 km	West
2 Planken	3.2 km	NorthEast
3 Vaduz	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Haag	4.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Eschen	4.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	159 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	369 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 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 Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 3.3 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 1.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.1 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 11.4 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: hill: 60%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 13%, high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly western 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
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 35 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.7 km2

35.3%

Nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

31.2 km2

39.7%

Urban area

14.7 km2

18.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schaan in country Liechtenstein

Schaan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	30 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	34 km	SouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	68 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Spirkenwälder Saminatal	AT	5.9 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schaan

Type of weather in Schaan	moderate rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 10 October 2026:	11 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:45 Europe/Amsterdam