Canton of St. Gallen
Map of Canton of St. Gallen
015 km (9.3 mi)30 km (19 mi)45 km (28 mi)60 km (37 mi)
Height
385 m (1260 ft), 500 m (1640 ft), 700 m (2300 ft), 900 m (2950 ft), 1300 m (4270 ft), 1700 m (5580 ft), 2200 m (7220 ft), 2600 m (8530 ft), 2800 m (9190 ft), Max altitude 3142 m (10310 ft)Permanent snow and iceWinter snow (approximate)
Height from west to east in Canton of St. Gallen
Height from south to north in Canton of St. Gallen
1Rhine392 to 518 m2Limmat403 to 1 103 m3Walensee418 m
Natural Earth · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Heights: NASADEM, NASA · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: St. Gallen
Population: 535,114 (Wikidata, 2024)
Area: 2,031 km² / 784 sq mi
Created: 1803
Subdivisions: 8
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Ringelspitz (3 247 m)
Lowest point: Lake Constance (395 m)
Borders
- Canton of Glarus — Southwest
- Canton of the Grisons — Southeast
- Canton of Zurich — Northwest
- Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden — North
- Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden — North
- Canton of Schwyz — West
- Canton of Thurgau — Northwest
- Vorarlberg — East
- Bavaria — Northeast
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00