Amden: facts

At a glance

• Country: Switzerland
• Region: Saint Gallen
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 1,557
• Coordinates: 47.1489° N, 9.1423° E
• Time zone: Europe/Zurich (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Franc (CHF)
• Distance to the capital, Bern: 130 km (81 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH): 49 km (30 mi), straight line
• Zürich Airport (ZRH): 56 km (35 mi), straight line
• Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH, Germany): 64 km (40 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Glarus: 13 km (8 mi)
• Schmerikon: 17 km (11 mi)
• Lichtensteig: 20 km (12 mi)
• Lachen: 22 km (14 mi)
• Altendorf: 23 km (15 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Winterthur, 51 km (31 mi)